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- From: mmwang@adobe.com (Michael Wang)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: nkill
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.021554.28446@adobe.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 02:15:54 GMT
- References: <1689CB999.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu> <MARTINC.92Nov11205329@hatteras.cs.unc.edu> <1992Nov16.232936.196@fid.morgan.com>
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- In article <1992Nov16.232936.196@fid.morgan.com> sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:
- >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.)
-
- Suppose we have the following situation. In 1990, employee A who is
- female, is not given promotion, which is instead given to employee B,
- a male who was much less qualified than A. Despite this clear-case of
- sex discrimination, A stays with the company. In 1992, the same
- position becomes available again. However, this time, employee C, a
- male who is much more qualified than A is also in the running for the
- promotion. Should A be granted preferential treatment and be given the
- promotion over C (who is better qualified) because of the
- discrimination against her in the past?
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- Michael Wang
- mmwang@mv.us.adobe.com
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