MightyDog
Well-Known Member
Robber, let me tell you what I witness with the Quota system. Supervisors were asked to come up with a plan to bring qualified blacks into the system. Supervisor were asked to draw up a 5 year plan. Some Supervisors just put down some numbers and did not do anything. Well checkup time rolled around and each Supervisor had to justify why nothing had been done. It would have been proper in my mind that each Supervisor who did nothing should have been fired. But pressure were put on Supervisors to start living up their plan of action. During that period many blacks were hired to include white women. Well the good old boys got upset and started to complain about being forced to hire unqualified blacks. They raised enough "L" until the quota system was thrown out.
You must recall during the 60s there was a rebellion in America whereas blacks were saying we are black and we are proud. Those blacks who died in the cities in America opened the doors from many black college graudates, but many of those who lived in the cities got jobs but not the ones we educated blacks received. Mr. Thomas knows this and should be fighting to keep AA alive, but he also work on many job discrimination complaints in which he and his team threw out.
Quotas were good while it lasted. In the action plan an agency put down that by certain milestones they would have recruited and promoted two GS-9, promote five current employees from GS-11 to GS12 and 3 to GS13. None of this was done but these were simple goals. But when they were told to get it done then they started to complain.
You must recall during the 60s there was a rebellion in America whereas blacks were saying we are black and we are proud. Those blacks who died in the cities in America opened the doors from many black college graudates, but many of those who lived in the cities got jobs but not the ones we educated blacks received. Mr. Thomas knows this and should be fighting to keep AA alive, but he also work on many job discrimination complaints in which he and his team threw out.
Quotas were good while it lasted. In the action plan an agency put down that by certain milestones they would have recruited and promoted two GS-9, promote five current employees from GS-11 to GS12 and 3 to GS13. None of this was done but these were simple goals. But when they were told to get it done then they started to complain.
Originally posted by Robber
Quotas are downright wrong. But affirmative action isn't.
Plow,
I read the exact same thing you read. It ain't just you.