Affirmative Action Unnecessary?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by DanaC

What's so hard about spelling or pronouncing 'ethnic' names? You seem to have a very low opinion of 'the average person'.....and black people of course. You seem to have a very low opinion of them too. Do forgive me if I have misunderstood your posts.

The point I was making was that by using ethnic names parents are setting their children up for future discrimination by those who File 13 anyone that they don't wish to hire based on skin color. I am just "an average person" myself, so I don't really understand that comment. Still putting my pants on one leg at a time. I don't have a low opinion of "black people", but I do have a low opinion of anyone who thinks they deserve a handout because of the color of their skin. I think you have misunderstood some of my comments.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The point I was making was that by using ethnic names parents are setting their children up for future discrimination by those who File 13 anyone that they don't wish to hire based on skin color.

At least you admit that discrimination exists. Perhaps AA protects these folks from having their applications trashed.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

... I don't have a low opinion of "black people", but I do have a low opinion of anyone who thinks they deserve a handout because of the color of their skin...

Do you have a low opinion of people who don't want suffer discrimination?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Do you have a low opinion of people who don't want suffer discrimination?

No. And I do not support Affirmative Action. Merit based promotions only.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

No. And I do not support Affirmative Action. Merit based promotions only.

And yet you admit that it doesn't happen that way. Hmmm...

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

And yet you admit that it doesn't happen that way. Hmmm...

Well of course I admit. Afirmative Action is alive and well in some few remaining places. There are however, a number of places doing away with it and in my opinon, it is long over due for a death.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Well of course I admit. Afirmative Action is alive and well in some few remaining places. There are however, a number of places doing away with it and in my opinon, it is long over due for a death.

So is discrimination.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

So is discrimination.

Discrimination is alive and well in the US. And now we are seeing reverse discrimination by blacks towards whites. We see minorities promote minorities behind the guise of AA and "Cultural Diversity". All I am saying is that if you want an even playing field do what all the great black leaders of the Civil Rights Movement preached, remove color from the equation all together and promote solely on merit. Any of you ever spent any time in Miami where English has become a second language?

[xoxoxoBruce]

The AA hiring system doesn't bother me near as much as what happens inside the company in the name of cultural diversity. Most medium to large companies already know what your job is and exactly how they want you to perform it. Cultural diversity is a sham, a show, because they don't really want diversity but conformity.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The AA hiring system doesn't bother me near as much as what happens inside the company in the name of cultural diversity. Most medium to large companies already know what your job is and exactly how they want you to perform it. Cultural diversity is a sham, a show, because they don't really want diversity but conformity.

I know what you mean because in the case of "Cultural diversity" the organization can set their own rules and benchmarks for what is sucess in that arena. It boggles the mind what organizations will do to be PC for outward appearence all the while practicing their own form of internal discrimination toward what ever the minority group may be at the time.

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Cultural diversity is a sham, a show, because they don't really want diversity but conformity.

'Cause true diversity comes from people who look different.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Ibram

'Cause true diversity comes from people who look different.

Yea true, but I am not really advocating that or am I against it. I want the smartest people in the best jobs and best schools I don't care about their color.