Thread: Seriousness Affirmative Action
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Old 07-07-2009, 04:23 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by pshrynk View Post
I think that a case can be made that AA does attack the root cause by decreasing the "strangeness" of associating with those who are not like us.
I think that is a good point.
One of the best arguments I've heard for positive discrimination is that employers tend to hire people like themselves; not through any deliberate prejudice, but because it's human nature.
This results in the perpetuation of inbalance - positive discrimination might be a way to break the log jam.
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