job. Juliane O'Gara gives an example of this in one of her articles: Discrimination in the workplace is a reality, and Affirmative Action is constantly at work to eliminate it. Consider this example: A job opens in a field currently dominated by white men. Ten people apply for the job, some of them women and some of them minorities. Out of the four individuals who are qualified, one of them is a woman, and the other three are white men. Assuming that all applicants are equally qualified, then the female candidate should be offered the job, unless there is a clear, nondiscriminatory reason as to why it should not be offered to her (O'Gara 25). It seems that others in prominent positions would agree. Some actually encourage the hiring of minorities and women. Kermit Ecklebarger, dean at Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, states "Our principle is that if we have two people who are of equal quality, we will choose the person from the underrepresented group." (Zipperer 43) This decision is also considered reverse discrimination because of the f
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