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Originally posted by Barry the Sprout:
I agree with Yack, your example ignores a lot MagiK. How do you explain the fact that proportionally much smaller numbers of women and ethnic minorities get good educations and good jobs compared to white men? Are women and ethnic minorities naturally stupid, or lazy? No, the problem is that they don't get the same opportunities. Often they don't apply for these kind of things as it is made clear by the simple appearance of todays student, or employee, that they are not welcome. So this is also done to encourage people to actually apply in the first place.
Basically, yes, positive discrimination contradicts the theory of equality, but it is very necessary to keep the same theory in practice. It shouldn't be needed, and it seems unfair on the individual level, but long term and on a macro scale this is necessary.
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Barry, this thread is ONLY about the USA. Here in the states anyone can get a decent education...if they work for it. Public education quality varys wildly here but it is available and if a person of any race or sex wants to get to college they can do it. Sometimes its a matter of hard choices but it is true that in the USA ANYONE can succeed.
It took me 35 years to get to college but I do it now in my spare time. (I could have doen it way earlier but ...its all about choices)
[ 05-15-2002, 06:34 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ]