Originally posted by /^Blackmagik^\
i personally think that affirmative action creates racial tension and stems to more racial prejudice. it causes those in the majority to look down upon those in minority because the minority is percieved as "just being there to fill a quota". the minority is then basically stereotyped regardless of qualifications.
It's a two way street. How do you think us minorities feel when we put in out application or resume and know that we are already at a disadvantage simply due to our race. The study that was done was very intriguing, out of 5000 resumes sent out, all w/same credentials, just different names, some that sounded white, and others that sounded black,mexican, etc, the white sounding names were the one's that got 50% of the responses. So let's talk about creating racial tension. No matter what, AA may get them the job, but if they don't have the ability to produce and do their jobs, AA isn't gonna keep it for em.