On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
>>> I agree with John and all the others who think that
>> the best man or woman
>>> for the job is the best man or woman for the job!
>> If you believe that then you must also believe either
>> a) white men are remarkably better at important jobs
>> than other people, or
>> b) there is a distinct bias against people who aren't
>> white men for important jobs.
>> If you believe (b) don't you think something should be
>> done about that?
>> Ideals Maru
>> William T Goodall
>
> i absolutely do believe there is a distinct bias against people who aren't
> white men for important jobs in government. do you deny it?
> i also believe something should be done about it.
> do you believe that white men are remarkably better at important jobs than
> other people?
> jon
I think better access to the kind of education and social networking
opportunities that white males are a lot more likely to have access to
when they're young would make it easier for women and minorities to make
better inroads. So then we just work on solving *that* problem, and the
bigger one we've been discussing will be a lot closer to being solved in
30 years.
(No, I'm not sure just how to do that. I think giving scholarships to
appropriate colleges based on *zip code* in the US will get around any
race-based restrictions one way or the other but will get more of the
minorities in the door with carefully selected zip codes.)
Julia
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