Originally Posted by
ThumbsUp
History has shown in nearly every profession, when forcibly diversifying entry programs in XYZ, standards are lowered to achieve that goal. That’s not emotional, it’s just reality. It probably has more to do with the fact that if your goal of to expand whatever demographic that also happens to be a minority (in numerical terms) disproportionately to the applicant pool, they will likely not have same cut line in terms of performance. The example that you gave above is only equitable if the pool of applicants (momen & minorities vs white males) are equally sized. Seems like it would make sense to just let everyone compete with one another and let the best applicants rise to the top (I’m only referring to Aviate here). I don’t really see why anyone would want it any other way.
I counter this thinking with the development of the civilian pilot training program that allowed the Tuskegee airmen to be created. Compared to their counterparts in the military they out performed everyone and never lost a bomber in combat. They became so desired by their Caucasian counterparts that they where given the name “by request” because they knew that they would come home if escorted by the Red Tails. They were requested multiple times and never failed... over 1500 missions. Many of your grandfathers were escorted by these men.
The standards were not lowered when the military included minority pilots.. the standards were shattered in that era and there is historical data to back it up.
http://www.tuskegeetopgun.com/tuskegee_airmen.php