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- From: gazit@duke.cs.duke.edu (Hillel Gazit)
- Newsgroups: alt.feminism,soc.men
- Subject: Re: Damned Souls (was Re: Version Five)
- Message-ID: <725976390@lear.cs.duke.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 12:06:31 GMT
- References: <725835366@lear.cs.duke.edu> <C058Hz.Fq2@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Reply-To: gazit@cs.duke.edu (Hillel)
- Followup-To: alt.feminism
- Organization: Living In Harmony
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- In article <C058Hz.Fq2@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine) writes:
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- >I am only defending the idea that affirmative action is *sometimes*
- >reasonable. I would by no means defend all current uses of affirmative
- >action.
-
- Which one would you defend?
-
- >>Anyway, if you want to check how will you do on your own merit (fat
- >>chance...) then you can refuse to fill up the affirmative action forms.
- >>This way it will be worth to hire you only if the employer
- >>really needs you.
-
- >What affirmative action forms are you assuming I fill out? Be specific.
-
- Most employers and most schools ask all applicants to fill out
- affirmative action when they apply. In those forms one has to
- tell about his/her race and sex. I'm a little surprised that
- your school has not asked you to fill out any.
-