worse, every minority and woman hired will be made to feel that they were hired because of their demographic status
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:30:46 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AA is at a minimum a prejudice program, a program where individuals are > favored over other individuals because of race is racist. > > But I agree with some of the others in saying that that in and of itself > doesn't make the program morally wrong. > > The idea and the spirit of the program are well founded, however it is > poorly executed. I'm not sure I could think of anything better that would > ensure to some extent minority groups are offered equal standing in > education and business. > > However the end result of this in my opinion isn't addressing the underlying > issue of racial equality. This is something that goes much deeper than > education and employment. As a society we have to ensure that different > racial groups aren't treated differently to begin with. > > Education systems need to be fixed, we need as individuals need to get the > idea out of our head that because somebody has a certain skin color that > they must be better at this or more prone to that. > > Stereotyping is the long term problem, and AA doesn't address this problem, > in fact I think it only goes to make the problem worse. Regardless of the > facts of a given case; a black guy being picked over a white guy is going to > cause the white guy to feel that he was passed over because he was white. > That is going to enforce the stereotype that blacks aren't really as good as > whites in business and that we great white people must at time provide help. > > Those stereotypes lead to racist practices, and the cycle is continued. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Won Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:05 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > > > > Gruss, > > > > Thank you. While I may be a bit disappointed that you feel that AA is > > no longer necessary, I can't fault you for your reasons. It is clear to > > me that you do not view AA as a program based on racism. You see it as > > a program race is one of the factors involved. > > > > And you are correct. The insidious danger in all of this is ironic. A > > program designed to bridge the gap caused by years of racist policies is > > being condemned as being racist. > > > > > > -- > > 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. > > > > Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144753 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
