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it works for gender as well random thoughts Send a noteboard - 25/08/2011 09:02:58 PM
It used to piss me off that my office had take your daughter to work day and everyone go to bring their daughters and the company would bring in speakers and buy lunch for them but my sons were not welcome. It wasn't that they wanted to help kids it was a misguided thought process where instead of helping all the kids they felt they could level the playing field by helping one group of kids only. None of that rising tides lifts all ship BS for them. When I complained my to female boss who had no qualifications for her job and who didn't even really understand what we did explained to me that is was because females were so disadvantaged they needed extra help. I guess that is true since she was chosen over two qualified men for the job because none of labs had female managers and HR said we had to hire a female. And no I am not just being bitter we were told that they wanted a female and when they couldn't find a qualified female with the proper technical background they hired one without it.

One of the guys I work with now was talking about how wonderful it was that Notre Dame was giving his a son scholarship because they wanted to increase their diversity on campus, he his son is black. Now this guy is an engineering manager who brings in six figures and his wife is a RN but giving him finical aid that wouldn't be offered to a poor white kids is seen as social justice. I had to bite my tongue and walk away. I wish I could afford to send my son to Notre Dame but he had to join the marines and man a machine gun mounted on a fuel truck in Iraq to afford his education. I guess that is simply what he gets for be one of the hated straight white males and not being as rich as white people are supposed to be.
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A fine example of the fuzzy logic of the left - 25/08/2011 06:30:36 PM 959 Views
Personally I still favor demographic blind subsidies as the best route to meritocracy. - 25/08/2011 08:18:20 PM 548 Views
it works for gender as well - 25/08/2011 09:02:58 PM 559 Views
Sure; insert your demographic here. - 26/08/2011 12:51:48 AM 607 Views
Preferential in possible scholarships but not admissions process according to the article - 25/08/2011 10:26:25 PM 459 Views
What's your point? - 26/08/2011 12:54:41 AM 441 Views
There are colleges that don't allow homosexuals - or men, or women for that matter. - 25/08/2011 10:35:05 PM 551 Views
Alright then, socially unacceptable. - 26/08/2011 01:00:16 AM 582 Views
Ummm, did you read the article? - 25/08/2011 08:40:46 PM 604 Views
Ah, but you are not reading it either - 25/08/2011 08:53:39 PM 630 Views
But that's just a scholarship. - 25/08/2011 09:34:23 PM 588 Views
it is a scholarship program not a admissions program - 25/08/2011 09:12:47 PM 570 Views
I don't really have a problem with this - 25/08/2011 09:03:55 PM 646 Views
I am not arguing that they shouldn't be allowed to do it - 25/08/2011 09:29:54 PM 474 Views
Fair Enough - 25/08/2011 09:41:25 PM 515 Views
their stated motive was to increase diversity - 25/08/2011 10:09:17 PM 644 Views
One of your lines struck me. - 25/08/2011 10:12:32 PM 615 Views
that happened in the US, we elected Bush as a result - 25/08/2011 10:35:05 PM 463 Views
That's an interesting point... - 25/08/2011 10:37:37 PM 545 Views
Re: that happened in the US, we elected Bush as a result - 25/08/2011 10:55:29 PM 565 Views
It's also worth noting ... - 25/08/2011 11:00:35 PM 448 Views
Wow what a strawman - 25/08/2011 10:23:45 PM 635 Views
yes to bad none of that address the point I was making which would make your argument a strawman - 25/08/2011 10:40:01 PM 423 Views
No I do not believe they are needed, nor do I believe they should be desired - 25/08/2011 10:47:51 PM 613 Views
so you don't disagree with me or you do? - 25/08/2011 11:47:05 PM 561 Views
Ridiculous. Everyone knows conservatives are incapable of creativity. - 25/08/2011 11:12:10 PM 437 Views
are they going to make students prove they are GLBT? - 25/08/2011 11:36:58 PM 506 Views
I think it's less a failing of the "left"... - 26/08/2011 03:25:42 AM 561 Views
I agree there is a lot of fuzzy logic on the right as well - 26/08/2011 02:41:03 PM 502 Views
*nod* I don't deny that it's a problem - 26/08/2011 04:26:56 PM 616 Views
a question for you... - 26/08/2011 08:08:10 PM 656 Views

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