> > 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
whatever is done to favor minorities is bound to be resented by certain
elements in the white community..
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