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From: parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination and Affirmative Action (in hi-tech)
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Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 08:56:43 EDT
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 > A study just released by a group at Stanford shows that women in technical
 > fields make less than men, and hold fewer management positions, by *more*
 > than the natinal average.  In other words, discrimination in the high-tech
 > world is worse.  My own observations seem to yield the same conclusions
 > about minority races, with the possible exception of Asians, whose
 > culture predisposes them to work inordinately harder than us honkies.

Your conclusion that "discrimination in the high-tech world is worse" 
may be correct, but the study you cite isn't sufficient evidence by 
itself.  Unless this study addresses on-the-job performance 
(qualifications) of workers in the groups being compared, your conclusion 
is not fully supported.

As a matter of fact, if I understand your last sentence, it seems to
erode your first conclusion (i.e., it's working hard that earns promotion).
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