This is what I get for only reading the first page when this thread was started.... I missed all the good stuff. *I like affirmative action because it keeps my white male rump employed since I'm confident in my skill set. What is the company gonna do? Fire me and let all the quota-fillers try to do my job? Good luck. *This paragraph was a joke. Seriously though, I'm gonna be Switzerland here and agree that the best qualified candidates should fill positions, but there are some inherent systematic/institutional issues that sometimes hinder a class of people (not just blacks, there are poor whites too) from stepping up to their potential, which sets that class of people at a disadvantage, but nothing they shouldn't be able to overcome with all the other social programs we have and good mentoring.