Originally Posted by jorgelito

Oftentimes, people are against affirmative action simply because they do not understand it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...affirm.htm#how



Affirmative action is NOT about QUOTAS nor is it about hiring UNQUALIFIED minorities.

It is about giving QUALIFIED minorities (women, ethnic minorities) CONSIDERATION in the hiring or admission process when most likely they otherwise wouldn't have.

So if Joe White Guy didn't get hired, it was because he wasn't QUALIFIED, not because some "dumb negro" 'stole his job'.

In regards to racial harmony, well, that's a whole 'nother animal.