If one endorses affirmative action, should it be employed in all circumstances in which disproportional representation exists?
That is the question raised by this March 14 Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial. The occasion is the disproportionate -- perhaps discriminatory? -- (nearly 3 to 2) ratio of female college graduates to male graduates by age 24. Males are underrepresented.
I have previously posted on the complicated question of diversity and justice in another connection. What is the just response to this Bureau of Labor Statistics report about the underrepresentation of an historically dominant and educated segment of society?
