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pig · 03-09-2008, 04:28 PM

cheetahtank, raptoptank: no offense intended, and I certainly do not hold up my hallowed handle as the example by which usernames should be judged. I suppose I could claim points for brevity, but how is that any measure? I simply found the exchange to be hilarious.

As for affirmative action, as I believe I have posted before, my opinion ranges depending on the particular application. However, I have never once felt disenfranchised due to my race, gender, or sexual preference - despite being a hetero Southern white male. I agree with the intention of the policies, and would prefer that they be (particularly in regards to college scholarship opportunities and the like) increasingly modified to account for socioeconomic status rather than the viceral qualities we are more familiar with in terms of this topic. When it comes to workforce hiring, I view it as 1. in terms of avoiding negative consequences - ensuring that discrimination does not occur based on superficial qualities, and 2. in terms of positive promotion, encouraging a broadly diversified workforce and cultural atmosphere. When it comes to to giving a less-qualified candidate, or nearly equally qualified candidate a job/promotion based on AA, I would hope that the discrimination would be rigorously investigated before it was deemed to be the result of AA. In the case of hiring strategies that encourage a diversified workforce, I think that's part of the strategy of the larger business plan for a given corporate interest.

For example, I know many hispanic/latin/black-africanamerican people in my line of work, and they are able to receive many preferential incentives when it comes to proposal funding and small business incentives. This system is in place to encourage a diversified representation of people in my field (engineering). I recognize that this is the case, and it doesn't bother me. It adds a certain amount of value to partnering with talented individuals of these ethnic backgrounds when putting together teams. I don't see it limiting the availability of opportunities for myself, but I do see it forcing people to seek out qualified individuals of minority makeup.

I feel that this post is disjointed. So be it.

03-09-2008, 04:28 PM	#18 (permalink)
pig pigglet pigglet Location: Locash	cheetahtank, raptoptank: no offense intended, and I certainly do not hold up my hallowed handle as the example by which usernames should be judged. I suppose I could claim points for brevity, but how is that any measure? I simply found the exchange to be hilarious. As for affirmative action, as I believe I have posted before, my opinion ranges depending on the particular application. However, I have never once felt disenfranchised due to my race, gender, or sexual preference - despite being a hetero Southern white male. I agree with the intention of the policies, and would prefer that they be (particularly in regards to college scholarship opportunities and the like) increasingly modified to account for socioeconomic status rather than the viceral qualities we are more familiar with in terms of this topic. When it comes to workforce hiring, I view it as 1. in terms of avoiding negative consequences - ensuring that discrimination does not occur based on superficial qualities, and 2. in terms of positive promotion, encouraging a broadly diversified workforce and cultural atmosphere. When it comes to to giving a less-qualified candidate, or nearly equally qualified candidate a job/promotion based on AA, I would hope that the discrimination would be rigorously investigated before it was deemed to be the result of AA. In the case of hiring strategies that encourage a diversified workforce, I think that's part of the strategy of the larger business plan for a given corporate interest. For example, I know many hispanic/latin/black-africanamerican people in my line of work, and they are able to receive many preferential incentives when it comes to proposal funding and small business incentives. This system is in place to encourage a diversified representation of people in my field (engineering). I recognize that this is the case, and it doesn't bother me. It adds a certain amount of value to partnering with talented individuals of these ethnic backgrounds when putting together teams. I don't see it limiting the availability of opportunities for myself, but I do see it forcing people to seek out qualified individuals of minority makeup. I feel that this post is disjointed. So be it. __________________ You don't love me, you just love my piggy style