Equal Opportunity for Minorities Options

[DoubleJ]

I am sure a topic like this already exists, but I really don't give a f**k. I will layout the background of the story for you and then the question.

So I am on a forum at my other forum site and I am really shocked at what I am reading. In the northeastern states, they have a practice of hiring more minorities because they have a quota to fill. Nowhere does it exist more than in my state of New Jersey. They actually have a law, that says that fire departments have to hire a certain amount of minorities every year. My beef is that there are alot of whites who feel as though the law is stupid because it can take a white guy who is very qualified and put him behind a black or hispanic guy who is less qualified like me. People are really upset over this because they think that minorities should not get special treatment just because they are minorities. They feel as though they should have to go through the same type of treatment that the whites should. Some think that it is an unfair system and should be changed. Others, like me, think that it is fair especially when the white guys who don't live in the city come in and steal jobs. I guess my question would be this, do you guys think that it is fair for not only state employers, but employers in general to hire minorities over whites even if they are less qualified?

[DoubleJ]

I mean, I think that racial quotas are justified in certain instances. Like for example: The Jersey City fire department has roughly 600 firefighter person ell, not including dispatchers and what not. Now, out of all of those people, 100 - 120 of them are minorities. Now most people say well what is the big deal with that. When you have a department in a community where roughly 72 percent of the population is made up of minorities, it seems to be a bit unfair. I just find it strange that people really think that the racial quota law or what have you, is really unfair. I mean do I necessarily agree with it, to an extent I do, but I also believe that minorities have been long overdue their fare share and equal treatment as well.