Kudo’s to Newsweek’s Steven Levy for coming up with a great idea: affirmative action for blog links. Coming out of a Harvard conference, we know this idea has got to be good. Levy wisely allows himself to be guided by the well reasoned views of Susan Estrich. When it comes to promoting “diversity” in the blogosphere, Levy seems to agree that only one approach is unacceptable: inaction. Some might argue that a mainstream media report ruling out opposition to affirmative action is itself unacceptable. But I’d like to do Levy’s bidding. Levy wants all of us white, male, English-speaking bloggers to find 10 bloggers who are not white, male, or English- speaking and link to them. Some might call that a quota. I prefer to call it a “goal.” But how do I meet Levy’s goal? Not all bloggers post pictures, and race or native language can sometimes be difficult to divine from a picture. So I suggest that all bloggers begin to post their pictures and clearly list their race, sex, and native language(s) beneath. Eventually, I hope a government agency can be established to mandate and manage diversity blog-linking “goals.” Until then, Harvard professors could be asked to pass resolutions condemning white male bloggers who refuse to link to at least 10 minority bloggers per month. At that point, the only noble option would be to give up blogging.