- JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
-- The veteran South African trade- unionist Dirk Hermann has just published
the book "The Naked Emperor - Why Affirmative Action Failed".
He provides extensive research on how he reached his conclusion that affirmative
action has been an utter failure internationally and in South Africa.
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- Quote:
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- "Affirmative action is couched in fine words
diversity, talent, merit, opportunity, tolerance, development. But when
carried out, it is always punitive. In fact, affirmative action must be
punitive. It requires the government to target one group for help because
of its race or ethnicity.
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- "This means it must target all other groups for
punishment. This is the logical flipside of affirmative action, but it
is widely ignored. And so affirmative action leads to unintended, (but
easy predictable ) consequences.
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- "It increases group conflict, as resentment by the
punished groups grows and the demands of the beneficiaries increase. It
emphasizes group differences, rather than eliminating them. It discourages
effort by the beneficiaries, who come to expect special privileges. And
it destroys equality before the law".
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- Order at:
- http://www.thenakedemperor.co.za/?
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