Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: AA and Discrimination Message-ID: <1340251@acf4.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 16:07:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.1340251 Posted: Mon Jul 1 16:07:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 04:04:49 EDT References: <513@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 12 >/* 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