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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Yeah yeah........I know what affirmative action is trying to correct. I was there for the beginning. Such pretty words.
Trouble is, in real life it doesn't work that way. The wrong people get hired many times because employers know if they don't hire them.......the dreaded "discrimination" card will be played.
I've never understood how people can't understand that you can't build a truly great society without going after the best and brightest......regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation or gender....and thats the truth!
So why wasn't that made law instead?
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Affirmative action law/policies doesn't apply to private business, and it only applies to a decreasing number of government entities. It's been illegal in California state government and education for over a decade.
And the "discrimination card" can be "played" whether affirmative action is in use or not.
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Originally Posted by delphidb96
"White"? That's cancelled out by the 'gimme-a-job-or-access-to-higher-education-because-I'm-not-white' programs.
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See above re affirmative action in private employment. And if you really believe a mere preference in education (that's going away rapidly, see, e.g., California) is enough to even the playing field for someone who's survived an inner-city public school district, you're seriously kidding yourself.
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"Male"? Oh right. You mean the 'privilege' of being told you're not hireable because the company can't get the tax breaks they can by hiring a *female*, *lesbian*, *Wiccan*.
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Tax breaks for hiring a woman? Of a minority religion? Who's gay? I don't know how anyone who told you that managed to keep a straight face, but it's pure fantasy. There are no such "tax breaks."