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kscott@gateway.ecn.com wrote:
: So rather than choosing the candidate from an underrepresented group only 
: in situations where there's a tie between other candidates, the effect 
: of affirmative action has been to shut white males out of competition for 
: many specific jobs.
: You can go on about theory all you want.  I don't buy it, because I've 
: seen how this system works.  The only purpose of the theory is to make 
: sure that bureaucrats and employers can run for cover if there's ever a 
: legal challenge (and that's the real reason, I'm sure, why a section on 
: unqualified employees wasn't included in that bill).
: So I don't know how much longer this situation is going to last.  As more 
: young men get older, they're going to vote against those politicians who 
: pretend they're doing one thing and then end up doing something else 
: (this is already happening in the United States).
: It's even possible that you even believe your own rhetoric, which means 
: you haven't had many candid conversations with personnel officers who are 
: in charge of implenting such policies (who are usually, of course, 
: themselves women and minorities).

Very well put. The trouble with people who support the quota systems is 
that they already have jobs. If they had to put up with what the average 
white male has to go through looking for work they would be in favour of 
scrapping it as well. Here's just the most recent thing that happened 
to me. I applied for an Assistant Managers job with a branch of the 
government. Human recources told me I was the only one who had answered 
the add. This is a $35,000  a year position. I was never called for an 
interview even though I was more than qualified. I was told my 
application had been thrown in the garbage and that there is now a 
visible minority from another city commuting daily for this job. I 
currently make $7,000 a year. This strikes me as very unfair and there is 
nothing I can do about it. I'm 39 and worked full time for 20 years 
paying my taxes and now the government does this to me? 

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