The Hypocrisy of Matt Damon’s Commitment to ‘Diversity’

From Michelle Malkin at National Review:

Oh, this is schadenfreude-licious. Outspoken celebrity Democratic activist/donor Matt Damon opened his mouth and let the truth about the Left’s superficial commitment to “diversity” slip out.
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Here’s what happened. Damon (along with his progressive pal Ben Affleck) co-produces the television series Project Greenlight, which gives wannabe filmmakers the opportunity to compete for a shot at directing their first feature film. The current season’s prize script features a man who weds a black prostitute after being abandoned at the altar. On this week’s episode of the show, aired on HBO, Damon dressed down black female producer Effie Brown for pushing the judges to give special consideration to a directing duo consisting of a white woman and a Vietnamese-American man.

An impatient Damon retorted: “When we’re talking about diversity, you do it in the casting of the film, not in the casting of the show.”
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Damon went on to remind Brown that the rules of the competition called for judging candidates “based entirely on merit.” And that politically incorrect principle set his loony liberal friends’ hair on fire.

So Damon believes in a meritocracy, when using HIS money, but diversity when using SOMEONE else's money.

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