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Re: Affirmative Action (Was: Anthroplogists, I need advice!)
Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:05:38 -0800
wd&aeMiller wrote:
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> In <32377F47.74F2@megafauna.com> Stephen Barnard <steve@megafauna.com>
> writes:
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> >Bruce Scott TOK wrote:
> >>
> >> Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com) wrote:
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> >> [responding to omar shafey]
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> >> : 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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> Interesting. Does this mean that affirmative action somehow fits into
> the category of cultural relativism? I think there CAN be an objective
> truth to whether or not affirmative action is necessary anymore in
> today's society, specifically in the West Coast states. I don't have
> much reference to the situation in the East.
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> Amanda
As I said, I'm not arguing about it.
Steve Barnard
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