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From: simard@loral.UUCP (Ray Simard)
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Subject: Re: Re: Discrimination and Affirmative Action
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Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 00:28:44 EDT
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>> Affirmative Action does *not* mean that any employer
>> *must* hire 51% women , 11% blacks, and x% other minorities.  It means
>> that employers should strive to attain these goals and make progress
>> towards attaining them.
>>  
	How does one measure "striving"?  How does the government determine
if XYZ Corp. is "striving" enough, and in the right directions? 

	This perception is specious.  Law must be explicit, objective, and
measurable.  Otherwise, there is no way that the citizenry can ever be
sure it is complying, nor can enforcement and judiciary ever determine
compliance.  Laws that require "striving" are unmeasurable and unenforceable.

	Therfore, regardless of the intent or wording of Affirmative Action
statutes, compliance is still measured by head counts - and that means
counting race and sex as compliance criteria - de facto racism/sexism.

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Ray Simard
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