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Originally Posted by tecoyah
You have....as Usual, answered my question by dodging it. I would very much like your take on this
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Well, I wasn't arguing this point at all, just trying to inject some humour.
But since you're interested, yes I think companies should be able to hire whoever they please. It would also be acceptable (as it is now) to boycott a business for any reason you see fit.
If someone opens a business called Jose's Hispanic Accountants and employs only hispanic folk, you have every right to tell all your friends "hey dont go to Jose's, he's a racist fker".
Now back in reality, Jose actually does open an accountanting firm. I (a white guy) apply for an open position and to fill his quota of white folk he hires me. Do I want to work for someone who hates me? Fuck no.
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Originally Posted by Suave
The only reason affirmative action has been put into place is to try to fix some of the fuckups of institutionalised and personal racism. Maybe if you didn't live somewhere that actually has cities split up between "black" communities, "white" communities, and whatever else, you wouldn't have cause to piss and moan over affirmative action.
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I take it you're talking about the US. I'm not a US resident but as it happens my city does have an ethnic divide. Not enforced, out of the residents' choice.
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Originally Posted by Suave
IF YOU ARE BETTER QUALIFIED, YOU WILL GET THE JOB.
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Actually, no, that's the whole point of affirmitive action. Applicants of whatever ethnic origin are given preference in order to fill quotas, so your statement doesn't really make a lot of sense.