Well as I watched the Supreme Court announcement tonight I was struck by the disappointment some in the media seemed to feel when the anouncment was made and it was just a white guy.

I noticed the same thing during the papal election. A minority was certainly the media favorite, and they didn't care who it was as long as their skin wasn't white.

It seems like every time a position of power comes into play these days the media create a lot of hype for a minority or a woman of some kind.

The ethnicity and sex of a person seems to have become just as important or more so than that person's qualification.

I sat pounding my head as Bill Crystal and Fred Barnes discussed the risk Bush took in nominating a white male to the position and how a black woman like Brown would have been the safer choice.

It seems like this whole situation is being driven by the media as well. If you talk to most westerners of any persuasion I think they would say they want the best qualified people in positions of power, not token minorities.

Isn't this whole tolerance bit supposed to work both ways? In a color blind society should the media play cheerleader for minorities?