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- From: solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky)
- Subject: Re: What A White Person Learned in College About AfAm Culture
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 21:30:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.185447.1223@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>, johnson@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu (Art Johnson) writes:
- |> > In article <1992Dec24.224317.25542@athena.mit.edu> solman@athena.mit.edu
- |> (Jason W Solinsky) writes:
- |> >
- |> > # Every single person that lost a job because of this preference
- |> > # personally owed the veterans a debt. Virtually everybody benefited
- |> > # from the war (or thought they had), but only the veterans had to
- |> > # risk their lives.
- |>
- |> So what you're saying is, there *are* circumstances under which it is
- |> just to hire someone for reasons other than merit. Interesting.
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- Some people believe (I think I fall [very slightly] into this catagory) that
- having served ones country increases the merit of the applicant.
-
- More importantly (in my opinion) a preference like this which has nearly
- unanimous approval of the persons affected is unlikely to leave many
- disgruntled people.
-
- A final (and important) note is that like affirmative action, "preference was
- supposed to be a very temporary thing. Except for the first reason listed (that
- serving increases merit) this form of AA disappeared very quickly. The AA
- that we have today has lasted far longer than its intended lifetime.
-
- Jason W. Solinsky
-