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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mph who wrote (66167)	6/2/2009 1:07:05 PM
From: Alan Smithee	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224750

When it comes to political appointments and jobs, there is no doubt that affirmative action is at play in the sense of filling slots. Apparently, we are at a time when the sign reads "White Males Need Not Apply."

To: mph who wrote (66167)	6/2/2009 1:13:17 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

Affirmative action doesn't end with acceptance. It generally continues in grading for a variety f reasons. One reason being the schools like to boast their success rates with minorities. That creates pressure to grade them well. The professors with strong social manipulation politics grade them well for their own ideology and others grade them well because they set the bar so low for them and their expectations were exceeded. The same reasoning carries forward in employment and government. If it ended with the "foot in the door" few would care. Yes, it absolutely undercuts the hardworking, qualified minorities as the look right and left and see their unqualified minority peers successfully competing for employment along with them. so I would hope that even if affirmative action got her in, her own abilities propelled her to honors. [Obama is another story...<g>] The overall problem with affirmative action is that undercuts minority individuals who are capable of making it on their own merit.