JQPublic1
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All too often we are bombarded with
negativity when the subject of Affirmative Action is brought into a discussion. Many opponents of AA see it as reverse discrimination.
But there is another more positive side to AA that is rarely heard. Brilliant minds like Colin Powell, Ben Carson and Neil Degrasse Tyson might have been wasted if AA hadn't come along. Not that any of those individuals needed it on a level playing field but often that level playing field wasn't available.
The successes of Powell, Carson and Tyson are well known. But there are less known manifestations of Black genius and innovation. Much of it unleashed because of AA.. I've just discovered the two black auto designers who saved Chrysler and GM respectively. Here is the story of their contributions:
http://www.theroot.com/black-auto-designers-lead-the-way-at-gm-and-chrysler-1790880664
"At the 2010 New York Auto Show, Ed Welburn, General Motors' chief automobile designer, sat between his creations. On his left, glistening on a slowly moving turntable, was a silver, supercharged, 556-horsepower Cadillac CTS-V. On his right, a CTS-V station wagon that can do 150 mph. When asked why he made a family car that goes so fast, Welburn replied, "Because we can."
"To sell millions of cars, both GM and Chrysler LLC must make buyers say, "Wow!" As it happens, two black automobile designers control the destiny of these troubled American automakers. Pennsylvania-born Welburn became vice president for GM Design North America in 2003. Two years later he was named GM vice president, global design, and became the first person to lead all of the company global-design centers. New Yorker Ralph Gilles is the vice president for design at Chrysler."
negativity when the subject of Affirmative Action is brought into a discussion. Many opponents of AA see it as reverse discrimination.
But there is another more positive side to AA that is rarely heard. Brilliant minds like Colin Powell, Ben Carson and Neil Degrasse Tyson might have been wasted if AA hadn't come along. Not that any of those individuals needed it on a level playing field but often that level playing field wasn't available.
The successes of Powell, Carson and Tyson are well known. But there are less known manifestations of Black genius and innovation. Much of it unleashed because of AA.. I've just discovered the two black auto designers who saved Chrysler and GM respectively. Here is the story of their contributions:
http://www.theroot.com/black-auto-designers-lead-the-way-at-gm-and-chrysler-1790880664
"At the 2010 New York Auto Show, Ed Welburn, General Motors' chief automobile designer, sat between his creations. On his left, glistening on a slowly moving turntable, was a silver, supercharged, 556-horsepower Cadillac CTS-V. On his right, a CTS-V station wagon that can do 150 mph. When asked why he made a family car that goes so fast, Welburn replied, "Because we can."
"To sell millions of cars, both GM and Chrysler LLC must make buyers say, "Wow!" As it happens, two black automobile designers control the destiny of these troubled American automakers. Pennsylvania-born Welburn became vice president for GM Design North America in 2003. Two years later he was named GM vice president, global design, and became the first person to lead all of the company global-design centers. New Yorker Ralph Gilles is the vice president for design at Chrysler."
