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Affirmative Action Banned!

Name: Anonymous 2006-11-09 21:25

My state (Michigan) has wisely followed in the foosteps of California and banned racist/sexist affirmative action programs in Michigan, that would have discriminated against people based on nothing but their gender or the color of their skin, all in the name of promoting equality.  

It passed by a pretty wide margin 58% - 42% of the vote.. or, another way of looking at it: 

2,137,574  ---  YES on stopping AA
1,552,459  ---  NO on stopping AA

Hopefully this'll spread like wildfire throughout the rest of the states. 

Name: Anonymous 2006-11-17 12:18

>>33
1: Race is just a set of genes who's differences are only seen in our top athletes or some aspects of medicine.

2:
Is hiring a meritable black over an equally meritable white a form of punishment for the company?
No.


Did you type this with one hand?
Yes.

Was the other once crossed?
Yes.

Which other affirmative action programs could assure that they aren't discriminated against pre-hire?
More extensive civil rights enforcement involving a government register of people and their skills and companies declaring what type of skills they are looking for so their choices can be reviewed.

Where have you seen any indicator for this?
Quotas.

Was there an instance where a black man was hired over white man who had more merit?
If the quota is set at 5% this means a company which has 96 whites and 4 blacks working for them. They must replace one white worker with a black worker even if the white worker has more merit.

Do you believe he has more merit because he is white?
If a worker has more merit, then it means he has more merit than the other worker.

why precisely does it bother you if an unqualified black person get a 'white job' when allowing more blacks into 'positions such as these' addresses the racial disparity?
It does not bother me if a black person gets a job typically filled by whites.
It bothers me when an unqualified person gets a job due to the irrelevant classification of race and not their actual ability to do the job.
It bothers me when employers discriminate against people based on race instead of their actual ability to do the job.
It bothers me when the government forces employers to discriminate against people based on race instead of their actual ability to do the job.

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