The new president of the New York State Bar Association “…is making sure that every committee has a woman, person of color or another lawyer who represents diversity at its helm,” according to an article in the June 3 New York Law Journal. In other words, white males need not apply. So much for judging individuals based on the content of their character. Ironically, the new president characterizes the foregoing as a “moral imperative.”

Stuart M. Rissoff is an attorney in Carle Place, N.Y.