*Footnote, almost: Okay, that is a sarcastic title. I do not really think affirmative action policies cause a whole lot of harm.
I have stumbled on an astounding new epiphany regarding the affirmative action curiosity.
White people are complaining about affirmative action policies in effect at various places of employment. This means that if two equally qualified people apply for a job, one is black, one is white, they will definitely give the job to the black guy.
But wait a minute. Why is the topic of race even an issue in the vast [[compendium, tomes, volumes]]]] that is jobs, the job market, qualifications, credentials, the hiring process, the interview process?
From what I have seen, people that major in the sciences have no problem getting jobs. This does not matter whether they are white, black, Asian, east Asian, Latino, Eskimo, Inuit, Native American, west indies, Rastafarian, etc.
It is evident that the only time that affirmative action even pops up as a deciding factor in the hiring process is when the job is full of crap.
This is more evidence that perhaps the job itself has no substance. The job intrinsically, in and of itself, has nothing definite about it that would be helpful in offering some hiring guidelines. A line of demarcation. The job itself does not have any certain delineators that would aid the company in choosing a qualified candidate for the job.
Therefore the company, the hiring manager, has to look to *external* qualifiers to see who should get the job or not. Again, there is really no such thing as "the ability to do the job," because as we have established, the job itself does not require any concrete skills, abilities, training, education. So how to choose whom to hire?
I think all this really is, is the fact that a large percentage of middle-classsssss white people, and indeed it seems, black people as well, are not qualified to do any ACTUAL jobs. As in, jobs that have some substance to them. Some concrete disciplines. Again, harping back on this, math and science.
Sorry, but this also does not bode well for blacks, women, or other minorities who have benefited from affirmative action policies. Because if actual skill means very little when keeping people out, then it also means very little when allowing people in.
Science and math-based skills and teaching jobs will not care about that affirmative action. They cannot afford to.
These jobs require clearly delineated degrees in the fields of study. They often require certification. Medical Technologist -- the person who runs your blood tests in the clinical lab. You cannot get that job unless you are nationally certified as a med tech. Race be damned. If one black person and one white person both apply for the same medical technologist job, the person that will get hired -- is the person who has the degree and the certification. As well as previous job experience. They must have graduated from a NAACLS-accredited degree program.
See, the thing is, these degree programs and courses are legit. These subjects have clear, distinct, albeit complex requirements. The colleges and universities that offer majors must pass US Department of Education requirements to be allowed to even offer those courses. Engineering jobs require a prospective to have national ABET certification, as well as graduation from a college or university that has an ABET-accredited degree program. Chemical companies will only hire someone who can prove that they have taken all the required courses. Those degree programs must also be approved by the accrediting agencies.
This just goes back to the topic of bullshyt jobs in corporation, advertising, public relations, management, psychology, philosophy, commutations, marketing, English major, political science, etc. None of those jobs are clearly demarcated as to *exactly* what are the qualifications. They are evasive, elusive, and mostly BS. So sure, hiring managers can fudge the data a bit and go with the job candidate who fulfills the company's affirmative action quota requirements. This is the reason that public relations, marketing, etc. and crap like that can go with affirmative action.
I have stumbled on an astounding new epiphany regarding the affirmative action curiosity.
White people are complaining about affirmative action policies in effect at various places of employment. This means that if two equally qualified people apply for a job, one is black, one is white, they will definitely give the job to the black guy.
But wait a minute. Why is the topic of race even an issue in the vast [[compendium, tomes, volumes]]]] that is jobs, the job market, qualifications, credentials, the hiring process, the interview process?
From what I have seen, people that major in the sciences have no problem getting jobs. This does not matter whether they are white, black, Asian, east Asian, Latino, Eskimo, Inuit, Native American, west indies, Rastafarian, etc.
It is evident that the only time that affirmative action even pops up as a deciding factor in the hiring process is when the job is full of crap.
This is more evidence that perhaps the job itself has no substance. The job intrinsically, in and of itself, has nothing definite about it that would be helpful in offering some hiring guidelines. A line of demarcation. The job itself does not have any certain delineators that would aid the company in choosing a qualified candidate for the job.
Therefore the company, the hiring manager, has to look to *external* qualifiers to see who should get the job or not. Again, there is really no such thing as "the ability to do the job," because as we have established, the job itself does not require any concrete skills, abilities, training, education. So how to choose whom to hire?
I think all this really is, is the fact that a large percentage of middle-classsssss white people, and indeed it seems, black people as well, are not qualified to do any ACTUAL jobs. As in, jobs that have some substance to them. Some concrete disciplines. Again, harping back on this, math and science.
Sorry, but this also does not bode well for blacks, women, or other minorities who have benefited from affirmative action policies. Because if actual skill means very little when keeping people out, then it also means very little when allowing people in.
Science and math-based skills and teaching jobs will not care about that affirmative action. They cannot afford to.
These jobs require clearly delineated degrees in the fields of study. They often require certification. Medical Technologist -- the person who runs your blood tests in the clinical lab. You cannot get that job unless you are nationally certified as a med tech. Race be damned. If one black person and one white person both apply for the same medical technologist job, the person that will get hired -- is the person who has the degree and the certification. As well as previous job experience. They must have graduated from a NAACLS-accredited degree program.
See, the thing is, these degree programs and courses are legit. These subjects have clear, distinct, albeit complex requirements. The colleges and universities that offer majors must pass US Department of Education requirements to be allowed to even offer those courses. Engineering jobs require a prospective to have national ABET certification, as well as graduation from a college or university that has an ABET-accredited degree program. Chemical companies will only hire someone who can prove that they have taken all the required courses. Those degree programs must also be approved by the accrediting agencies.
This just goes back to the topic of bullshyt jobs in corporation, advertising, public relations, management, psychology, philosophy, commutations, marketing, English major, political science, etc. None of those jobs are clearly demarcated as to *exactly* what are the qualifications. They are evasive, elusive, and mostly BS. So sure, hiring managers can fudge the data a bit and go with the job candidate who fulfills the company's affirmative action quota requirements. This is the reason that public relations, marketing, etc. and crap like that can go with affirmative action.