I’m a woman. I consider myself a feminist. Which, to my mind, means that I want an equal opportunity to try, to take my best shot, to make my case. To EARN my spot. NOT have it handed to me on a freaking platter inspite of everything I did to merit it.
Aaaaaargh.
Dang, now I’m cheesed again.
I understand your position clearly.
You state it well, which is the poison pill of ALL quotas and affirmative action policies: One can never tell if the job was obtained on merit or a quota.
Of course, one can judge someone on their performance after they have the job, and if they do well...they could be a performance based hire.
If not there are only three choices: The person is lousy at what they do, the person is an affirmative action hire, or both.
Regardless of my color, gender, or culture, I would only want to be judged on my merits, and race/gender/culture based affirmative action factors make it impossible to do that.