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CarneVaca:
If they have lower grades than a white applicant, is it because they had to contend with social, monetary and family pressures the white suburban kid didn't experience? Or is it because the inner-city minority kid is less capable?
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Could you possibly understand that those roles could be reversed, with the minority being from midle class suburbia and the white applicant having grown up in the inner city, poor and down on his luck. Would it be fair to give the middle class minority from suburbia the job over the poor white applicant from the inner city because a quota had to be met? I completely understand the historical perspective on why Affirmative Action was implemented. I never said not to help minorities or ANYONE who needs it. My problem is that Affirmative Action has made the generalization that all minorities should get a "boost" whether they really need it or not, and it excludes/discriminates against a race and or gender simply based on that alone. It's just not fair.
Joe