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I originally posted this in This Thread, but I think it speaks to a broader issue worth discussing beyond just the firefighter case.
Are black people actually victimized (i.e. held back) by affirmative action because over time it has conditioned them to believe they don't really have to compete with whites in the workplace?
Update:
24 out of 29 (83%) of respondents believe that the black firefighters didn't study as hard as the white firefighters. And I agree with them. Assuming we are correct, the next question for those 29 respondents is why didn't they study as hard? Is it because they are naturally lazy? I don't think so. I think it has more to do with them being conditioned to believe that a certain number of spots (a quota if you will) has already been set aside for blacks and therefore they're only competing against other blacks and not everybody.
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Are black people actually victimized (i.e. held back) by affirmative action because over time it has conditioned them to believe they don't really have to compete with whites in the workplace?