But... there are situations where merit and perseverance get you nowhere. I have seen some. You make it sound like that is all that is ever needed and sorry, this is not so.
I do agree, I think, that affirmative action should be a temporary solution. My dad has stories of his relatives being told not to bother to apply for certain positions. Granted, that was not in the US, but perhaps we can note that my father was refused entry to the US as just generally too poor and undesirable. He spent three days on a bridge between the US and Canada before the Canadians gave him a sandwich and let him in. We can look back on on a long career as a foreign correspondant in Europe and Asia and say how stupid, but it did happened, and for those who are unsure here, the ethnicity is the Irish from Scotland. No affirmative action at work there. But how many other people could have done as much or more if the fifties had been a little less white-bread, hmm? And I personally can tell you that yes, there is discrimination out there. Yes it can be overcome, but we would all be more productive if that energy was spent on ... something productive. > So yes, there is discrimination and maybe what will help fix it will > be a change in black American culture. Focus on family and community. > Focus on getting ahead by merit and perseverance. Focus on Obama and > if he made it, "so can we all". Affirmative action alone will not do > it. If anything, it's a band-aid and something that should not be > permanent > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300635 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
