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- From: rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer)
- Subject: Re: nkill
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.050811.26527@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - San Jose, CA
- References: <MARTINC.92Nov8152214@grover.cs.unc.edu> <1992Nov11.070916.11329@netcom.com> <1689CB999.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:08:11 GMT
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- In article <1689CB999.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu> Diane writes:
- >In article <1992Nov11.070916.11329@netcom.com>
- >rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer) writes:
- >>
- >> Affirmative Action is simply reverse discrimination. Minorities
- >>here in California receive extra points on their exams for state jobs
- >>just because they are a minority. Here is a hypothetical example:
- >>A person receives 5 extra points if that person is a minority.
- >>Person W, a non-minority, earns a 95 score on the exam. Person M,
- >>a minority, earns a 91 score on the exam and gets 5 extra points which
- >>gives her a total of 96. Person M will be hired, although she is less
- >>qualified than person W, because she is a minority. That is clearly wrong.
- >
- >And if the Person M is a member of a minority *and* a veteran, she will
- >get an extra 10 points for a grand total of 101% (does that make her
- >overqualified?). Veterans are usually given at least 5 points.
- >Considering that over 90% of all veterans are male, that would seem
- >to make it an exercise in affirmative action, wouldn't it? Do we 'owe'
- >veterans who volunteered for service any special consideration in
- >the job market? I want to stress *volunteered*.
- >
-
- The short answer to giving veterans special consideration in the
- job market is no.
-
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