ence that at one time was denied to them.This will better prepare the student for the real world.Equal opportunity policies, however, are often self defeating. Equal opportunityemployment would make the employer focus on not discriminating in the hiring process.By focusing in on that the employer might make a decision based solely on the applicantsrace. By trying not to make a choice based on race, the employer ends up doing just that.An equal opportunity policy would only end up focusing on the wrong goals. Forinstance, if a prestigious college accepts a broader spectrum of races into the school body,it would have to accept less qualified people of minority races. This is because areas withhigher percentages of minorities tend to have less competitive school environments.When a group of these students are accepted based on their race, many non-minoritystudents who are more qualified will be denied. Thus the an Equal opportunity policywould turn into an equal outcome policy. If an equal outcome policy were enacted then companies would have to hire aproportional amount of minorities into their workforce. This would mean that when thequota for each minority group is meet, then each of those groups would be equallyrepresented in the workplace. The perception of equal representation in the workplacewould be very clear to younger minorities making them see that it is possible for them tosucceed in the American workplace. This would eventually eliminate the need for thepolicy, because all peoples would be striving for the best. This policy also subverts its aims, however. When a company tries to meet quotasit puts less qualified people into the same jobs as qualified people. This can be dangerouswhen the jobs safety is reliant on the mental acuity of the co-worker. For the country to beits most competitive globally it must rely on its workforce to be the very best in everyfield. If the Government were to enact an equal outcomes policy the ide...
