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filtherton · 11-29-2008, 02:55 PM

Hasn't it been said a million times already that the folks who currently benefit most from AA are women?

Even if Obama's election completely nullified any sort of meaningful remnants of racial injustice in the whole universe, that still wouldn't be a good reason to dispose of AA.
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Also, it should be noted that anyone who thinks that the elimination of AA would then mean that employment decisions would suddenly be primarily based on the merit of the applicants is mistaken.

It is my understanding that most HR folks presume that the applicant pool self-selects based on qualifications. This means that they don't have to worry about whether they're getting the best candidate, as long as they sample the applicant pool correctly. All your hard work and qualifications don't mean shit if you fail to conform to the idiosyncratic, nonstandard resume formatting desires of whichever HR person happens to be vetting the stack.

11-29-2008, 02:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
filtherton Junkie Location: In the land of ice and snow.	Hasn't it been said a million times already that the folks who currently benefit most from AA are women? Even if Obama's election completely nullified any sort of meaningful remnants of racial injustice in the whole universe, that still wouldn't be a good reason to dispose of AA. -----Added 29/11/2008 at 06 : 03 : 06----- Also, it should be noted that anyone who thinks that the elimination of AA would then mean that employment decisions would suddenly be primarily based on the merit of the applicants is mistaken. It is my understanding that most HR folks presume that the applicant pool self-selects based on qualifications. This means that they don't have to worry about whether they're getting the best candidate, as long as they sample the applicant pool correctly. All your hard work and qualifications don't mean shit if you fail to conform to the idiosyncratic, nonstandard resume formatting desires of whichever HR person happens to be vetting the stack. Last edited by filtherton; 11-29-2008 at 03:03 PM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost