IS ROBERTS RACIST?

Is this a photo of Judge Roberts' neighborhood?

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050817/ap_on_re_us/roberts__upbringing_4

LONG BEACH, Ind. - Like many towns across America, the exclusive lakefront community where Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. grew up during the racially turbulent 1960s and '70s once banned the sale of homes to nonwhites and Jews.

Roberts' criticism of racial "quotas" in some documents from his work as a White House lawyer has alarmed civil rights groups and some Democrats, who say he may be a partisan ... Other memos ... portray an attorney who urged his bosses to restrict affirmative action and Title IX sex discrimination lawsuits.

It is hard to know how much Roberts' upbringing in this northern Indiana community on the shores of Lake Michigan influenced his views. Some say the fact that there were riots and restrictions on home ownership is not relevant at all.

I don't know if Roberts is racist, and certainly being against quotas and "affirmative action" are not proofs of racism, but neighborhood restrictions sure raise eyebrows.