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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: AA and Discrimination
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Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 16:07:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  1 16:07:00 1985
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>/* regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard) /  5:51 pm  Jun 28, 1985 */

>I'd be interested to know how many people are told that they are hired to
>fill a quota, and in how many cases that is true.  We have a handicapped
>programmer on our staff, which probably fulfills some sort of quota, but
>this person was hired because of his skills.

If so, then why have quotas altogether?  You can't defend quotas on the
grounds that they don't make a difference anyway.


						Mike Sykora