Originally Posted by atpwannabe

Granted. Standards may have been lowered only to support the notion about what was being touted and that being that there were no or very little qualified minorities to fill certain positions. It's sort of like someone adjusting or fudging the numbers to agree/coincide with what's being paraded as facts. I just asked my Dad, who is 80 years old, well read, and holds a PhD in Mathematics and Psychology of Learning from Michigan State, if he was aware of any companies, school boards or businesses ever lowering their standards/qualifications to hire minorities? He answered with a resounding...NO! He went on to say that these entities had ways of getting around of meeting any guidelines or quotas that was set by Affirmative Action.