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Navy 07 - You have hit the nail on the head! The main problem with ANY "quota" system is that the people who are really hurt are the very ones who have worked their tails off to get a position but are forever viewed as suspect because of affirmative action policies. The people who get positions they don't deserve, simply due to the need to "fill a slot", are well aware that there were more qualified applicants and thus they are either intimidated or they become resentful and bitter.
The racial tensions in this country have, sadly, become more pronounced as people are too quick to identify by race first and make little effort to see each person as a unique individual with specific strengths and weaknesses. When we get to the point where the admissions board, and society as a whole, are willing to look at the "content of the character" rather than the race/color/gender, then we will have the best people possible and, maybe-just maybe, we can actually learn to respect each other and stop all the infighting! We need to get to the point where people identify as Americans, first and foremost, and leave all of the other "hyphenated" identities out of the picture!
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