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The Slippery Slope toward Nondiscrimination
The Corner on National Review Online — Monday, December 01, 2008 [image] The Slippery Slope toward Nondiscrimination [Roger Clegg] The Portland Business Journal reported last Friday that the Oregon Department of Transportation is facing criticism over an effort to give more work to specific groups of minority contractors. ODOT recently spelled out that a particular project would include requirements for hiring African-American and Asian-American contractors; the trouble is that, in years past, the agency did not specify which minority groups needed to receive state contracts. If you re a minority, you re a ...

The Inherent Bigotry Of Affirmative Action Programs
Say Anything — ... In Oregon the Department of Transportation has a policy of giving preferential treatment to bids on contracts made by minority-owned businesses.  In fact, many of its projects include requirements for hiring minority-owned contractors. ...