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To: TigerPaw who wrote (158430)	1/19/2003 1:12:52 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575047

That is why remedy needs to be tied to a goal. Goals are often fought under the poll tested code word "quota", but none the less ,reaching the goal removes the "nail" and allows the correction to end. It doesn't work that way. If quotas bring some balance the people who benefited from them will want them to stay in place after balance is achieved and will want them extended in to other areas. Those who are hurt by them can resent them. The achieving of racial balance doesn't end racism and the quotas to get there can increase it. This enflamed racism or the possibility that blacks and whites might still not have equal average qualifications for a particular job probably will lead the races out of balance after racial balance is achieved by quotas. It doesn't have to be whites that are over represented either it might be blacks some other group, but it doesn't make sense to think that different people with different genetic and cultural history will have the same exact distribution of the same abilities. I would say that there are less white people in the US with NBA level basketball skills then black people even though there are a lot more white people. I'm sure there are other areas where whites disproportionately have certain skills or abilities. It is not racist to recognize this fact. Tim