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Originally Posted by Ganguro
i like affirmative action in theory..
i see it as something that could potentially level the playing field, but in practice it's not used that way at all. [...] If affirmative action was set up to helpi caucasians.. we wouldnt be having this discussion; but in turn it creates an unnatural balance in the marketplace.
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see, this is the traditional "defense" of affirmative action yet i don't see it as an ideal or a potential solution. ever. end of story. it's ridiculous to think that any given minority group needs the proverbial "playing field" to be leveled and more so to think that slapping a weighty label on them will do it. this "defense" almost seems to be a blatant contradiction of itself, isn't the playing field level when it's merely a game of numbers and experience rather than factoring in varying "race constants" and PC bullshit?
to say that a quota having been met establishes an "unnatural balance" is equally laughable. why do we think that there shouldn't be an abundance of minority groups in the workplace. just because theres a better likelihood of having a qualified white person (simply due to population densities) doesn't necessarily mean that its commonplace. if there happens to be a glut of minority business majors somewhere in the middle of bohunk, MO, who's to say that quality can't match quantity.
we're in a capitalist nation here, affirmative action undermines the foundation of that very set of ideals. affirmaive action prevents us from utilizing our resources, unless of course, they're "integrated" resources.