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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
The mantra against affirmative action is "equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome".
But if you don't get equality in outcome, then there are two choices:
1) There was not equality in opportunity
2) One group is inherently inferior
I don't believe 2), so I'll support affirmative action until we've had a few generations of equality in outcome.
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I agree with your conclusion and your logic.
Well stated.
A question, please. How would you be able to judge "equality of outcome"? By comparable representation in a given sector, comparable to the general population? How broad or narrow do you think these measurements should be made? What about areas where the representation was already comparable? Would you consider eliminating such requirements? Perhaps after some generations, eh?
I don't know what all my prejudices are. I know some of them, but I don't know what subconscious factors affect my decisions. I think making strict quotas a means of enforcing acceptable ratios is wrong-headed, just as I've railed against other zero-tolerance, zero-judgement, zero-intelligence policies.
I think we as a society are moving in the right direction toward more tolerance and less prejudice, but it is a lesson that is learned gradually, and must be learned anew by each passing generation. The progress is s-l-o-w.