We all make mistakes. Should they cost us our jobs? Of course it depends on what mistakes, and other pertinent information. If a bank teller just forgets and walks out of the bank carrying a sack of dollar bills, and no record of taking them, surely that is grounds for being fired. Soon, I will have an open confession on this blog about one or 2 of my mistakes in writing. A few days ago Newser ran a short article on the resignation of Dr. Gay, and I made a comment, which I repeat below.
Newser had an article on the resignation of Harvard's first black, woman president, and there were many who commented on the case, including me. Here is my short take on that case, and many similar ones.
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The war is for basic civil rights, rights that have been denied in the name of diversity,, equity, and inclusion. The civil rights movement never used the term equity; the word was equality, to treat people equally. Some picket signs of the 60s simply had an equals sign. But the EEOC rejected that approach and pushed a quota-diriven - polixy instead. The role of the affirmative action officer was never to get the best qualified person hired, but instead a person to fill a quota (considering race, ethnicity, sex, etc.) The Affirmative action office would promote a quota person and force negative action against the best qualified person. In most cases these policies created systemic racism against white men in our society. Later the negative action extended to Asians, and now Jews.
Hire the best qualified, not by quotas, and Gay would probably never have been promoted as Pres. of Harvard. Moreover, if Prof. Carol Swain (who is black) is correct, Dr. Gay does not even deserve her doctorate. She cheated her way to the top, asserted Dr. Swain. We all make mistakes, most of which are minor and inconsequential. But if some mistakes are repeated and become a pattern, then problems do arise.
Ignore the quotas, hire and promote the best qualified, and America will begin to be America again, with civil rights, equal rights for all.
I am presently working on finishing the final chapter of a book on this very topic of hiring an promoting by quotas, whether it be called affirmative action (and its twin of negative action against the non-favored group). goals and timetables, disparate impact, diversity, equity, and inclusion, these are all cover terms for quotas and racial and other forms of discrimination.
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