Affirmative Action...Good or Bad?

Well I agree that it perpetuates the attitude of entitlement. Even worse though is that it results in the hiring of unqualified employees which subsequently fosters resentment in the more qualified coworkers. The quotas brought about often fail to take population into consideration. My wife was laid off by a school that was about to lose funding because it didn't hire enough minorities. There was little they could do as they'd already hired every black American teacher who had applied for a job, but they had to lay off the youngest teacher (my wife) to make room so they could seek out a black American to fulfill their quota. In the world of education it is foolish to PREVENT qualified teachers from getting a job because they aren't black, just as it would be wrong to prevent someone because they are black.

its absurd and patronising to hire someone who is not as qualified as the next candidate simply because they happen to be black. surely we should have evolved beyond seeing the colour of someones skin as a factor when hiring them

Obama is living breathing proof that afirmative action is a bad thing. Any white or asian with Obama's qualifications could never be a creditable candidate. That Obama is a candidate puts the entire nation at risk.

It's intentions I guess were in the right place, but the results and actuality were bad. It forced companies to hire underqualified people and over look moew qualified people. companies in areas like mine, with almost no minority population whats so ever we're pretty much screwwed. What were they supposd to do, Import people from other areas? Make people lie in resume's about their heritige or race? And yes, I believe it did in fact encourage resentment and prolong the march towrds a post racial society by creating this resntment as well as prolonging it by simply keeping the issue of race in the spotlight and kept it being an issue. You can change the law, but legislation doesn't change a persons heart.