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To: Alighieri who wrote (955423)	8/10/2016 1:50:07 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Recommended By Old Boothby TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574883

Al, I don't think the requirement is racist at all... I don't think so, either, but using your "logic," any requirement that disproportionately affects minorities is inherently "racist." It's a known fact that among those holding degrees in computer engineering, blacks make up a disproportionately smaller fraction of them relative to the general population. So what's your solution to that? Affirmative action in hiring, affirmative action in education, anything to manage the outcomes. But that's not the point. The point is that you are labeling a requirement as "racist" if its negative consequences (not positive, mind you) disproportionately affects minorities. As someone who has seen the "racist" accusation overused to the point of rendering it meaningless, I consider you to be part of the problem and not part of the solution. Tenchusatsu