Originally Posted by
teeteringhead
Quotas are appalling. I remember just before the last Gulf Unpleasantness, I was chatting with my USAF opposite number in theatre, over a couple of alcohol free Buds (even worse than the alcoholic ones!)
USAF Chap: Our aim is that the USAF represents exactly and proportionally the diverse ethnicity of the US of A!
Teeters: So why don't you apply the same rules to your Olympic Track and Field Team?
USAF: Well, we have to pick the best for that.
Teeters: Exactly......
But they would have done something if they felt that they were missing talent from sections of society because there was a lack of interest driven by systemic selection factors, whether you would call them discrimination or something else.