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- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 09:08:51 EDT
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- From: Tim Tumlin <UFTRT@NERVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Preferential treatment
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu,
- 5 Nov 1992 17:04:55 -0500 from <G9226406@SSCVAX.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>
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- Tammy,
- You're right, you can't always make everything blind and fair. And whenever
- humans have information about groups we will show bias, whether its about
- race, gender, height, weight, attractiveness, etc. Group-blind decisions
- are possible in many situations of opportunity such as undergrad
- applications. My point, stated before, is that preferential treatment to
- pump up group ratios is a hollow and shallow solution that is made more
- for political reasons than for the benefit of society and does more
- harm than good. A perfect case in point is Clarence Thomas, who wasn't
- even on the list of possibilities when a white Supreme Court justice was
- to be replaced but became the best choice in the entire country when a
- black justice was retiring.
- Tim
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