Affirmative Action Unnecessary?

[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?

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

... remove color from the equation all together and promote solely on merit...

I agree. Now, since we all know that it doesn't happen , what's your solution? What can we do to make that happen?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I agree. Now, since we all know that it doesn't happen , what's your solution? What can we do to make that happen?

I would suggest taking all pictures and names off applications. Give them a number. This will allow all kinds of people to make it through any subjective process people use for hiring, promotion, or school admission.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I would suggest taking all pictures and names off applications. Give them a number. This will allow all kinds of people to make it through any subjective process people use for hiring, promotion, or school admission.

Ok, then. Make it so.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I would suggest taking all pictures and names off applications. Give them a number. This will allow all kinds of people to make it through any subjective process people use for hiring, promotion, or school admission.

Wait... I just heard from a minority who didn't have to put his name or picture on an application. When he was interviewed, though, the company representative saw that he is a minority, and disqualified him from the job prospect.

How can we make sure that minorities are not discriminated against?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Wait... I just heard from a minority who didn't have to put his name or picture on an application. When he was interviewed, though, the company representative saw that he is a minority, and disqualified him from the job prospect.

How can we make sure that minorities are not discriminated against?

You can't. Advancement and employment by merit. Nothing else. Why do you think I should hire someone who has a highschool diploma over a person who has a college degree beacause the person with the diploma is black? That is the problem we have now under AA. Unqualified minorities in jobs as tokens so an organization can stand up and say look I hired a minority. How do you prevent that? People who are fully and more importantly more qualified for jobs and schools are pushed aside in the name of political correctness. I ain't buying it and I do not support it.