Sometimes the headlines just write themselves, don't they?

The Tulsa World news reports on an Oklahoma state legislature vote on the fate of Affirmative Action there:

Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, said minorities earn less than white people because they don’t work as hard and have less initiative. “We have a high percentage of blacks in prison, and that’s tragic, but are they in prison just because they are black or because they don’t want to study as hard in school? I’ve taught school, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn’t study hard because they said the government would take care of them.” Kern said women earn less than men because “they tend to spend more time at home with their families.”

The proposal for a constitutional amendment to end Affirmative Action in Oklahoma state passed that state's House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority on Wednesday night. The vote was 59-14, with another 28 either absent or not voting.

The proposed amendment has already passed the Senate, and will now appear on the ballot in 2012.

Democratic Rep. Mike Shelton of Oklahoma City had this to say about Wednesday's vote: