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Sensitive topics
RockinU
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While we're on a sensitive topic kick around here, I've got one. How about affirmative action? Don't you think that fighting discrimination with discrimination is kind of contradictory? It's never made a bit of sense to me.
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The flaw in this argument is obvious to anyone with an ounce of common sense. Just because someone is a certain race does not mean that they are socially disadvantaged. Nobody is going to convince me that Colin Powell's or Michael Jordan's kids are socially disadvantaged compared to mine. If a college or employer wants to look at a person's overcoming a bad start for whatever reason on an individual basis (poor, orphan, health, etc.) then that's another thing entirely. But to do it on the basis of race alone is just as wrong as any other kind of racial discrimination. It's an intellectually lazy and dishonest way for liberals to feel that they've done something to redress past racial bias.
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On the other hand, there was still discrimination because those who had a particular prejudice would choose someone less objectionable to them, perhaps an Asian over an African American, for example. At least it sure appeared that way. Sensitive topic indeed. Even some minority groups are saying that if there was a time when affirmative action was a help in balancing the injustices of the past, that balancing act may be over now. It's really not my issue, not being a minority myself (other than 1/16 Native American, according to my Grandma).
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Let's say for arguments sake, I own my own trucking comany, I have 100 trucks(not many by todays standards) and 10 office personel. Now it's my comany, my money, my choice, right? I decide I want all women in the office, no men so I inly hire women for dispatchers and safety operations. Next I only hire men to drive, no women. The men must be between the ages of 35 and 50 and have atleast 10 years driving experiance, no less. Well the only applicants that qualify under my standards are white. The blacks that applied are all under the age requirment and do not have the experiance I'm looking for. The LAW says I have to hire so many minorities but none that applied met the criteria therefore I only hired the ones that qualified, white men. I also had women apply but my choice, no women in the trucks. Now I got the ACLU on my case telling me to change my standards and hire people that in my opinion do not qualify and that goes against my ideas of an orderly outfit. Then they take me to court, the judge orders me to hire those I do not want to. I told the judge I would hire blacks that have the requirments but none applied, he said tough, hire them anyway. He also told me to hire women, I explained to him that in MY opinion women in trucks cause problems, I have been on the road long enough to see how women act on the road and I did not want that kind in my trucks. He told me to hire them anyway because affirmative action tells me I have to. I then try to plead with him and tell him that all my trucks are full, I do not have enough bussiness or funds to purchase more trucks to meet the "quota" and the only way I could do that is to fire some of my drivers to free up trucks for the minorities, he told me to do that. Now I get mad and spout off about how this is the USA and I am a free man and have the right to hire who I want when I want, I acuse him of being a communist for telling me how to run MY business that I run with MY money and no government help. He finds me in contemt of court and tosses me in jail, the blacks and women sue me for discrimation and win, I now have to file bankruptcy and lose my business because of affirmative action.
Do I think it's fair?? HELL NO! If a person has his own business that person should be allowed to hire WHOEVER HE WANTS WHEN HE WANTS! And to those that support affirmative action, go live in a comminist country, you should be happy there!
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This activity and other similar ones are what makes it harder for companies in this country to compete, not only with other U.S. companies but world wide. There will come a day when such well intentioned ideas will put us in the dumpster.
KC