Fox News Sunday looked ahead to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's iconic "I Have a Dream" speech with Fox's typical approach to African Americans these days - by race baiting. In this case, Wallace made his animosity clear when he suggested that African Americans have received enough "special treatment" and that it was time to stop "putting a thumb on the scale" on their behalf.
During the panel discussion today, Wallace asked two "Cavuto mark" questions. First, to panelist Kirsten Powers:
WALLACE: You know 50 years after the March on Washington, one of the questions is, how long, how much longer the government should give special treatment to minorities? Back in 2003, then Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was the swing vote in upholding racial preferences, continued racial preferences in college admissions. But she said, that that should end, she said back then, within 25 years.
Kirsten, Justice O'Connor has now backed off that 25 year deadline, but at some point does affirmative action, does special treatment need to end?
Then, to panelist Scott Brown:
WALLACE: But I guess the question I'm trying to get at, Senator Brown is, at what point have we gone as far as the country, as the government needs to go in putting a thumb on the scale if you will? You know it is 50 years after Martin Luther King's speech. Obviously there were hundreds of years of discrimination.
But at what point do we in effect say, you're on your own? Obviously there'll be government programs to help poor people or education in the inner city, but not this kind of special preference affirmative action.