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ZNFYRH · Aug 13, 2007, 02:29 pm

SleepingOwl

Welcome to Volconvo... nice avatar!! I thought you'd pick the owl-girl-thing from Ninja Scroll.

I think your second paragraph is the simplest answer.

The available opportunities are blind to all factors other than those necessary to take advantage of the opportunity.

But too many people think that a black kid not getting into college is because of equal opportunity. Instead, it's about the kid not doing as well as the 400 kids who were accepted.

I remember a time when Affirmative Action was a good thing. It's what started hiring processes where the majority was done without seeing your name (race can be guessed from a name) or phone calls (race can be guessed from speech patterns). Only in the end, usually with a H.R. rep. present, would there be interviews.

The cool thing about H.R. reps being there and scoring you was that they made sure that the reason you weren't being hired was because you didn't demonstrate ability to do the job... which you don't need to be qualified in the job to be able to notice in an interviewee.

Where it went too far was when they established quotas.

Aug 13, 2007, 02:29 pm	#19 (permalink) (top)
ZNFYRH Volcanic Erupter Posts: 4,375	SleepingOwl Welcome to Volconvo... nice avatar!! I thought you'd pick the owl-girl-thing from Ninja Scroll. I think your second paragraph is the simplest answer. The available opportunities are blind to all factors other than those necessary to take advantage of the opportunity. But too many people think that a black kid not getting into college is because of equal opportunity. Instead, it's about the kid not doing as well as the 400 kids who were accepted. I remember a time when Affirmative Action was a good thing. It's what started hiring processes where the majority was done without seeing your name (race can be guessed from a name) or phone calls (race can be guessed from speech patterns). Only in the end, usually with a H.R. rep. present, would there be interviews. The cool thing about H.R. reps being there and scoring you was that they made sure that the reason you weren't being hired was because you didn't demonstrate ability to do the job... which you don't need to be qualified in the job to be able to notice in an interviewee. Where it went too far was when they established quotas. IT'S A BOY!!