Quote:In a sport / job / career where minorities tend to excel, I don't feel as though the RR is necessary. 

 

Since your last post (@ 10:36) addresses the point I'm trying to make, I'll use my answer to that one for this one too. Inequality works for and against both sides. I've been in locker rooms / businesses / whatever where I wasn't welcomed specifically because I was white. I was poor, and I wasn't handed anything. I worked a bunch of part-time jobs to pay for a second-rate school out-of-pocket until I got the job I wanted. I still don't make a lot of money, and I've seen people far less qualified get promoted ahead of me. Some were black, some were white. 

 

I believe that each race tends to excel in certain careers paths. It would be stupid and inaccurate to say that one is better than the other, but it would be even dumber to say that there aren't differences. I'm also not saying that one isn't capable of achieving that of the other. I just don't think we need to bump up minority candidates if we don't also bump up white minority candidates in positions where they don't excel. If your argument is for equality for everyone, then we must fight for that. I'm down for that but it doesn't seem like that's your argument. 

 

In a sport where Minorities (not just African Americans) are SEVERELY underrepresented in Head Coaching and Ownership, IMO the RR if strengthened can properly recognize those qualified individuals who without the rule would just be simply over looked. 

 

In regards to your last paragraph, the last time I could remember, I dont think people were passing up qualified white candidates because of their race, or their perceived ability to have problems thinking on the job. I also want to ask you, what do you think im making my argument for? 

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