Re: Affirmative Action (Was: Anthroplogists, I need advice!)

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Bruce Scott TOK wrote:
>
> Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com) wrote:
>
> [responding to omar shafey]
>
> : Affirmative action, no matter how noble its motives, hasn't worked.
> : Your post demonstrates that.
>
> Not really true. It has worked to a certain degree. Simply compare the
> situation today and the situation which preceded affirmative action. It
> is not an ideal policy but its absence would merely recreate the
> disaster that reigned before its initiation.
>
> Doing better does not mean going back.
>
> --
> Mach's gut!
> Bruce Scott Congratulations to
> bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de Ghada Shouaa,
> Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik Olympic heptathlon champion!

Everyone has different opinions about this sensitive topic. I have
mine; you have yours. I won't argue with you about it.

Steve Barnard

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