Uniquely American

CNN reports that, according to the Census: College-educated white women earn less than blacks, Asians

Sounds like a headline to get the right wing all a-twitter with anxious spasms of "see, affirmative action is just political pandering for the brown vote and needs to be abolished!!" outbursts... but read on:

Economists and sociologists suggest possible factors: the tendency of minority women, especially blacks, to more often hold more than one job or work more than 40 hours a week, and the tendency of black professional women who take time off to have a child to return to the work force sooner than others.

So the verdict is in. We can all be grateful that at last, minority women are living the "uniquely American" dream, thanks to Bush.