*sigh*..Ok, mea culpa..thread started last Oct., and I didn't post in it for 9 days....and then I opened it with the 50 at a time column and saw no references. Old brain loses track of the details.

I WILL add my voice to those who agree that affirmative action is, regrettably, necessary. It certainly is NOT "government sponsored racism". There IS no precise formula for correcting injustice and bias. ALL attempts will be met with complaints that 'it goes too far' or 'it doesn't deal with every case equally'. Right.... it just simply must be attempted and tweaked to make it better.

(I never understood why the FSEE (Federal Service Entrance Exam), which I took several times in the 70s, needed to have the Veterans preference scores give 'exactly' 5 & 10 point bonuses. I got a pure score of 96.5 on one, and STILL could not get a job when some veterans with scores of 88 were beating me. But that's the way it was, and I understood why there was a bonus being given.)