In article ,
 "Heidi Graw"  wrote:

> >"Graham"  wrote in message
> >news:1106835596.371843.321640{at}f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> (snip)
>
> >Graham wrote:
> > I do not choose to put my life (or my loved ones' lives) in the hands
> > of a quota professional.  Makes sense doesn't it?
>
> Graham, even that caucasian male physician would be a quota professional.
> If the target is 50/50 male/female physicians and 10 positions were to be
> filled, if 5 mediocre-barely-passing men applied and 10 top-notch-straight-A
> females, those 5 mediocre men would have to be hired, while 5 top-notch
> females would have to be ignored.
>
> Quotas put *everyone's* skills open to question.
>
> Heidi

Quotas are usually one way.  In other words, when the quotas
are reached, there is no "reverse quota" expected to bring
the numbers to the ideal percentage.

My aunt works in a government office and laughs at how
there's only one white man out of an office of 50 people
yet the walls are covered with "affirmative action,
women and minorities encouraged to apply" posters
and job postings.

regards,
Mark Sobolewski


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