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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3706)1/27/2001 11:07:51 PM
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I mean by that, that I'd be glad to pay taxes to fund tutoring or other remedial educational programs designed to help blacks or other disadvantaged citizens qualify for jobs or entry into schools that their history has left them disproportionately excluded from. To help people to compete on an equal, non-racial footing.

But I don't favor legislating that jobs or slots in schools be given to people who are less qualified than someone else.

What that does over time is leave qualified blacks who've earned their resumes the old fashioned way with devalued, sceptically-received, credentials.

I know that racial favoritism was standard for a long time, and if I were black and couldn't compete without a racial advantage now, I might look with a jaundiced eye the position that it's not a good idea.
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