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?

[*Steven*]

Affirmative action leads to reverse discrimination = the majority being discriminated against. Where's the win in that?

[DoubleJ]

Affirmative action leads to reverse discrimination = the majority being discriminated against. Where's the win in that?

That is a good question. I mean, I am only speaking in my case ya know. I can put it to you in these terms where it applies to me.

100 firefighters get accepted for probie school for the Jersey City Fire Dept. Out of those 100, I believe that 30 - 40 percent have to be minorities. Do all of those minorities necessarily have the same qualifications as their white counterparts? No, but it is the only way that minorities have a fair chance with the unfair hiring practices of civil service companies. I mean like I said before, I definitely think that the system has it's flaws, but in some cases, it is used in the right way.