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by Haywood Jablowmi
Rights Is All I Got
Left
Just how many cabin cruisers
do you thnk discrimination lawsuits have paid for? The number is
close to incalculable, at least to my undelevoped intellect. Thanks
to predatory practices put in place by too many lawyers chasing too few
ambulances, it's now easier than ever to ensnarl someone in an expensive
close encounter of the legal kind.
I can see the need for rules
to guard against discrimination. I know there are still many instances
where they actually do some good. And then there are the rest.
Like the Miss America contestant
from Iowa, Theresa Uchytil, a 24 year old Computer company manager who
happens to be missing part of one hand, as a result of a birth defect.
Along comes the pity brigade. Oh, she's got to wonder if her "disability"
would play a part in the judging.
The virtue vultures were
circling from the very beginning on this caravan. So when Miss Iowa,
who's unique talent is twirling the baton, was not among the finalists,
it was no surprise that the rabble rousers were hard at work. Next
thing you know, Inside Edition, one of the last bastions of truth in media,
was reporting that Miss Iowa was peeved. They even had tightly edited
footage of Miss Uchytil seeming to bellyache.
That apparently wasn't the
case after all. Wisely, Miss Iowa released a statement that disavows
any knowledge or intent to claim discrimination. I do find it interesting
that her platform issue was Americans With Disabilities. So if the
judges didn't notice that she was disabled when she skillfully manipulated
her baton, or when she eloquently spoke on her topic, she would force
them to recognize the fact one way or another.
And thus, the setup was in
place. Never mind that at least to my eye, she was not among the
top ten in appearance or personality, and never mind that the talent competition
counts 40 percent of the total score in the Miss America pageant.
Everyone agrees I'm sure, baton is one hell of a hard act to follow.
And so it came to pass, when
she was passed over, as were the vast majority of her sister contestants,
she alone had the opportunity to claim discrimination due to her physical
disability. While she now struggles to distance herself from
comments that illustrate the plan, she doesn't exactly a denounce the concept.
"I would hope the judges
wouldn't take it into account" she writes. Translation: I still
have to go back home, so I guess I'll try to pretend to have some class
and be above such petty matters. Meanwhile, dreams of legal stardom
will have to wait for some other "victim" to crawl out from under a rock
and cry foul.
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