To: albie
Here’s one related point:
The actual phrase “affirmative action” was first used in President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 Executive Order 10925 which requires federal contractors to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.” The same language was later used in Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 Executive Order 11246.
Affirmative action was never intended to provide special treatment, only equal treatment.
5 posted on
05/21/2010 11:40:18 AM PDT by
Ingtar
(If Palin were perfect, she could campaign for godhood. Since she is human, Obama's job will do.)
To: Ingtar
13 posted on
05/21/2010 11:52:59 AM PDT by
albie
To: Ingtar
Sheesh, somebody sure messed up this part! "...without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin..."
26 posted on
05/21/2010 12:12:21 PM PDT by
pillut48
("Calling ILLEGAL aliens "immigrants" is like calling shoplifters 'customers'!"-UCFRoadWarrior ><>)
To: Ingtar
Thank you. That was a most illuminating point. It made my day :-)
(One of the reasons I love FR is that you learn things that you didn’t know you didn’t know.)
37 posted on
05/21/2010 12:26:50 PM PDT by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: Ingtar
And Hubert Humphrey PROMISED there would be no “affirmative action” in the application of the law. Uh huh.
42 posted on
05/21/2010 12:38:08 PM PDT by
LS
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