/----/ I said most, not all were dead weight. The companies would recruit at colleges and make offers to Black grads with legitimate degrees (not women studies) and they didn't need AA to find work, but there were never enough to meet quotas. So we had to find less qualified people and most of those were dead weight. The rest were marginal. Sorry I confused you./----/ I worked for Fortune 50 companies and helped in recruitment. Sometimes we had to pass on qualified applicants so we could meet a quota. There were a few AA gems but most were dead weight and did little if any work. They would taunt the management with "fire me and I'll sue."I bet you're one of those that thinks a black getting a job using affirmative action was the most qualified?
Affirmative action applies to getting a foot in the door. Once inside people rise as best qualified.
Just look at the record of Colin Powell. Affirmative action got his foot in the door.
Hilarious - just two categories, gems and dead weight. Nothing in between.