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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 175024" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>Well, I am white but I am a woman so that makes me a minority. How I can't figure out since supposedly this country is 51% women :?: </p><p>When did equal rights become more rights??? I am all for equal rights for everyone regardless of race and/or sex. What I am against is <em>any</em> group of people running around saying they are just as good as a white man now can you please lower your standards so that I can make it or give me some money to do it. If we are just as good why do we need lower standards? It really ticked me off to hear that they changed the amount of weight a paramedic needed to carry so that more women would make the cut. Great - pretty soon people won't get to the hospital because they wont be able to lift them. :roll: </p><p>Affirmative action is supposed to take racism and sexism out of companies. The thinking is that if a company is forced to higher a minority then they will realize that they are good workers and stop their prejudices. However, when a company is forced to higher a person who is inadquate for the job just because of race or sex it just causes resentment to build. </p><p>I will never understand racism. I just don't get it. I know it's out there and it really angers me. However, affirmative action is not the way to solve the problem. I agree with you coolwater, I think it is offensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 175024, member: 1258"] Well, I am white but I am a woman so that makes me a minority. How I can't figure out since supposedly this country is 51% women :?: When did equal rights become more rights??? I am all for equal rights for everyone regardless of race and/or sex. What I am against is [i]any[/i] group of people running around saying they are just as good as a white man now can you please lower your standards so that I can make it or give me some money to do it. If we are just as good why do we need lower standards? It really ticked me off to hear that they changed the amount of weight a paramedic needed to carry so that more women would make the cut. Great - pretty soon people won't get to the hospital because they wont be able to lift them. :roll: Affirmative action is supposed to take racism and sexism out of companies. The thinking is that if a company is forced to higher a minority then they will realize that they are good workers and stop their prejudices. However, when a company is forced to higher a person who is inadquate for the job just because of race or sex it just causes resentment to build. I will never understand racism. I just don't get it. I know it's out there and it really angers me. However, affirmative action is not the way to solve the problem. I agree with you coolwater, I think it is offensive. [/QUOTE]
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