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I know that if you put a person up for a position via the Afirmative action route, and one who is not covered by afirmative action, that the person with afirmative action backing will automaticly be assumed to be the inferior candidate. Why? because they do not have to meet the same criteria. Their scores (the method for assessment) can be lower. so afirmative action also engenders a stereotyping too. And employers will not give the afirmative action person equal respect because it was not earned, it was apportioned by a government program.
Afirmative action just perpetuates the myth that minorities (other than asians) cannot succeed in the fair market place.
Edit: I am basing this solely on what I have seen in the IT industry. I really don't know how any others work.
[ 12-03-2002, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ]
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