By Brent Staples (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) .... It is absurd to argue, as many critics do, that affirmative action has placed African-Americans under suspicion of incompetence, by propelling them into positions they do not rightly deserve. Bred into this country's bones, the presumption that blacks are inherently less "qualified" would be a driving force … [Read more...] about “The Presumption of Stupidity: Affirmative Action, Occupational Apartheid” by Brent Staples (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
