Jimmy Failla Has Spicy Response to Michelle Obama’s Rage Over Affirmative Action Ruling as she Tweets ‘From her Mansion’

Former First Lady Michelle Obama felt the need to respond to the Supreme Court Decision that came down today. She shared her message on Twitter:

“I wanted to share some of my thoughts on today’s Supreme Court decision on affirmative action:”

“Back in college. I was one of the few Black students on my campus, and I was proud of getting into such a respected school. I knew I’d worked hard for it. But still, I sometimes wondered if people thought I got there because of affirmative action. It was a shadow that students like me couldn’t shake, whether those doubts came from the outside or inside our own minds. But the fact is this: I belonged. And semester after semester, decade after decade, for more than half a century, countless students like me showed they belonged, too. It wasn’t just the kids of color who benefitted, either. Every student who heard a perspective they might not have encountered, who had an assumption challenged, who had their minds and their hearts opened gained a lot as well. It wasn’t perfect, but there’s no doubt that it helped offer new ladders of opportunity for those who, throughout our history, have too often been denied a chance to show how fast they can climb.

Of course, students on my campus and countless others across the country were – and continue to be – granted special consideration for admissions. Some have parents who graduated from the same school. Others have families who can afford coaches to help them run faster or hit a ball harder. Others go to high schools with lavish resources for tutors and extensive standardized test prep that help them score higher on college entrance exams.
We don’t usually question if those students belong. So often, we just accept that money, power, and privilege are perfectly justifiable forms of affirmative action, while kids growing up like I did are expected to compete when the ground is anything but level.

So today, my heart breaks for any young person out there who’s wondering what their future holds ~ and what kinds of chances will be open to them. And while I know the strength and grit that ties inside kids who have always had to sweat a little more to climb the same ladders, I hope and I pray that the rest of us are willing to sweat a little, too. Today is a reminder that we’ve got to do the work not just to enact policies that reflect our values of equity and fairness, but to truly make those values real in all of our schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods.”

Conservative comedian Jimmy Failla attacked Obama’s rant by sarcastically stating the obvious, “Thank you for taking the time to tweet from one of your mansions that there’s no way for black people to get ahead in this day and age.”

While many bemoaned the SCOTUS decision, it seems they haven’t actually read it. While race-based admission as a factor alone was found to be unconstitutional, in violation of the 14th Amendment, the opinion authored by Chief Justice Roberts states, admissions can take race into account in terms of “how race affected the applicant’s life, so long as that discussion is concretely tied to a quality of character or unique ability that the particular applicant can contribute to the university.”

We will see if this decision by the Supreme Court will bring other challenges to the outdated affirmative action policies.