Re: [UUPoly-L] Acceptance, tolerance and liberalism

[Keith Brown <keithb@nfnc.org>]

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I know many companies were like that in the 70s and 80s.  I got passed 
over for a government job because I wasn't oriental. In the testing for 
the job, I scored WAY better than the guy they hired.
SOME day, we'll have people hired for their abilities and talents, and 
NOT because they are, or aren't some particular sex or religion.
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To play devil's advocate, the other side of that coin is no one will 
ever get Way better unless they get a chance.  There needs to be some 
medium between never giving a minority a chance to get in the game (by 
always hiring us well educated white guys) and getting the job done, 
which also is a priority.  There are no clean answers.

-Keith
PS: I'm not defending Watt here, only acknowledging the conflicting values.

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