A few thoughts on rascism / affirmative action

[Darryl_P]

I should also add that the concept of similar ancestry is not 100% clear cut since many people don't even know their ancestry. In these cases, it won't be the ancestry itself which determines what side a person is on in a conflict, but rather just a common set of values. There will be a high, but not 100%, correlation between people sharing the common set of values and ancestry, so care must be taken not to assume it's 100% when it really isn't.

But if you have a single variable that can get you an instant high correlation, why not use it, especially when you can do it responsibly taking the correlation for what it is (ie. high but not 100%)!? Just because the media and the PC movement are trying to get you not to!? Yeah right.