[P1] truth in advertising...still OT

[Harry D. Corsover]

----- On 12/20/02 6:24 AM MDT (-0600), Dale Critchley 
<dale at infinityltd.org> wrote, in part:

>I vote against affirmative action precisely because I'm *not* racist. I
>don't believe in special benefits for *any* section of society. Affirmative
>action promotes segregation/discrimination. What did MLK preach against?
>Treating people differently because of the color of their skin, religious
>beliefs, gender, etc. What does affirmative action do? Exactly that.
>
>Imagine this scenario: "Yes, you're more qualified for the job, but we don't
>have any redheads working here, so we have to hire this unqualified guy
>instead."

That would be the whole story if not for hundreds of years of history. 
So, the white majority gets to first enslave, then discriminate greatly 
against a black minority. Then they/we get to claim that doing something 
to try to balance things out is "discrimination?"

It's not quite so simple, and either answer has both pros and cons. To 
think otherwise is to ignore and deny. Pretty much the same thing can be 
said for the question of Mac vs. PC or iBook vs. TiBook (see, I did bring 
it back on topic . . . <g>).

Best Regards,

Harry Corsover

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