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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination and AA and Racism
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Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 23:03:58 EDT
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> Now AA is a program that states that certain races are downtrodden,
> discriminated against and hurt.  It states that this quality, which
> should be pitied is inherent in the race.  It says, "Because your skin
> is black, you are downtrodden and thus must be given special status"
> 
> Not because you were downtrodden in some time in your life, but simply
> because your skin is black, or you have a double X chromasome.
> 
That may be a definition of something but it is not the definition of
AA. AA is set of actions taken to ensure that the promise of Equal
Employment, which is the law, becomes a reality. Essentially, AA
attempts to include a representative number of minorities and
women in the pool of candidates for jobs and promotions.The presumption
is that some percentage of those thus included will be qualifies
and hired/promoted. It is most emphatically NOT saying that
some group will automatically hird or promoted on the basis of race.

Employers who hire on promote blacks and women on the basis of quotas
are NOT implementing AA in a fairand rational manner. THEY are
the ones who should be flamed, for THEY are the racist ones.
The concept of AA is not  sullied by them.

Marcel imon