Leave it to Pat Buchanan to find an offensive way to make a legitimate point. What happened to Frank Ricci is wrong, but it is also wrong to claim that his grievance compares to what this country did to black people during the days of Jim Crow.

Cases like Mr. Ricci's should give everybody reason to pause, but as a white American male, I don't feel as if I am part of an oppressed group. If you look at it strictly from the standpoint of economic opportunity, I hit the lottery when I was born a white male in this country.

I hope Mr. Ricci gets some sort of justice, but his misfortune should not be used as an excuse to abandon efforts to help level the playing field. IMHO.