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  1. Xref: sparky alt.discrimination:4711 soc.culture.african.american:11472
  2. Newsgroups: alt.discrimination,soc.culture.african.american
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!mojo.eng.umd.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!agoyo1
  4. From: agoyo1@athena.mit.edu (Guess Who's Back)
  5. Subject: Re: Racist/Sexist Role Models
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov23.210733.8272@athena.mit.edu>
  7. Sender: agoyo1@athena.mit.edu (yugnikufesin)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: yog-soggoth.mit.edu
  9. Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  10. References: <1egrcbINNdd@debussy.crhc.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov19.215527.14642@eng.umd.edu> <1ejbqvINNk7@debussy.crhc.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov21.044707.19152@samba.oit.unc.edu>
  11. Distribution: usa
  12. Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:07:33 GMT
  13. Lines: 16
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  15. In article <1992Nov21.044707.19152@samba.oit.unc.edu>
  16.  Terry.Parks@launchpad.unc.edu (Terry Parks) writes:
  17. >>Although I don't think anyone has as a goal to equate the percentage of black
  18. >>engineers to thier percentage of the population. Rather, it is just to increase
  19. >>the percentage
  20.  
  21. TP>Why? What are the excuses for such overt racism?
  22. I fail to see how expressing a desire to increase the number of black engineers
  23. is overt racism.  Please explain yourself.
  24.  
  25. ?>If 9% of engineers were black, I don't think anyone would see>a problem. On the other hand, 4% seems absurdly low.
  26.  
  27. TP>So 9% is your quota then?
  28.  
  29. Acee Agoyo
  30. agoyo1@athena.mit.edu
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