I think the harm in affirmative action is the lowering of quality. You don’t believe when a black man comes out of Harvard that he is as good as anybody else coming out of U of Mich. The black man at Goldman Sachs may not be as good as the other partners. Same with doctors or anyone else. You know that that person could be as good as the best white man walking the street. But because of affirmative action you can’t count on his resume. Because frankly he did not deserve that resume. It was given to him. Even if he is great, that diploma on the wall does not say anything about him. It says that Harvard needed more diversity. So black and Hispanic people can’t really get a rock solid resume. They have to prove themselves everyday. Because they are not in the same world as the rest of us.
Agreed. that was what I was trying to say in my post at #90, but I think you may have said it more clearly!