Secret List of Muslims Compiled for Obama Administration
CHICAGO — In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nation’s most qualified — Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 executives and public servants, all carefully vetted — has been submitted to the White House.
The effort, driven by community leaders and others, including U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., was bumped up two weeks because White House officials heard about the venture, said J. Saleh Williams, program coordinator for the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association, who sifted through more than 300 names.
“It was mostly under the radar,” Williams said. “We thought it would put (the president) in a precarious position. We didn’t know how closely he wanted to appear to be working with the Muslim American community.”
Why is the Obama administration specifically looking for one religious group of applicants? Is this yet another affirmative action move? How is this not discriminatory against all other qualified candidates or those who are more qualified? Where is the transparency that Obama exclaimed would be so prevalent in his administration, since Bush was so secretive?
Should I be more concerned with the specific group he is trying to promote or the fact that he is only looking at those who went to ivy league schools? Frankly, I would just like some “intelligent” people from state or private schools (not considered ivy league) to be promoted because they probably have both wisdom (different than book smarts – gained through life experience) and common sense!
