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- From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
- Subject: Re: nkill
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.232936.196@fid.morgan.com>
- Organization: my opinions only
- References: <1992Nov11.070916.11329@netcom.com> <1689CB999.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu> <MARTINC.92Nov11205329@hatteras.cs.unc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:29:36 GMT
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- In article <MARTINC.92Nov11205329@hatteras.cs.unc.edu>
- martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
-
- > So your question seems to reduce to "do
- >we owe a discriminated-against minority any special consideration?"
-
- So: A discriminated against B. Should C be required to discriminate
- against D, in favor of B?
-
- >If you answer "no", of course, you're claiming that you don't believe in
- >affirmative action at all.
-
- I don't like the form of AA that requires discrimination. I'm in
- favor of the initial meaning (e.g. advertise your opening in Veterans'
- Weekly and Minorities Monthly as well as the Wall St. Journal, then
- hire the best applicant.)
-
- >But maybe it's a question of the volitional nature: so the real question
- >is "do we owe a discriminated-against minority any special consideration
-
- Those people who do the discriminating, maybe (depends on the facts).
- The rest of us, no.
-
- Seth sethb@fid.morgan.com
-