Oh Jesus, What a Joke

New financial regulations are going to require quotas for women and minorities.

Each office would have its own director and staff to develop policies promoting equal employment opportunities and racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of not just the agency’s workforce, but also the workforces of its contractors and sub-contractors.

Not a good idea. Can we please throw affirmative action into the dustbin where it belongs? It is a disgusting, dated, abused idea. It helps no one but already privileged "minorities." It replaces the concept of merit with gamesmenship and it leaves everyone involved from the winners and losers of the system corrupted and cynical. We should no longer spend one idiota of energy on the concept and instead focus on improving under-privileged public schools and other community strengthening programs.