Hosea Martin's article on affirmative action aims to defend the practice of hiring

people not just on their qualifications but by their race as well. He does so by using his

own experience in the work place along with some personal, unsupported opinions of his

own regarding hiring practices and education. Martin also attempts to defend affirmative

action programs as being fair and non-discriminatory by emphasizing that "every single

one of us...had been hired for reasons beyond our being able to do our jobs." (Martin qtd.

Martin begins by trying to explain how no one is actually hired on their

qualifications in this "meritocracy". Everyone has an unfair advantage in some way. This

is his own personal opinion on how and why certain people are hired. His mediocre

attempt to justify the hiring of a person of race over that of a truly qualified person is

based on his perception that "just about everybody...got special consideration for one

reason or another"(220). He also makes reference to the "right" schools. If the "right"

school means picking a white-Anglo Harvard graduate with a Ph. D. over an A

one statistic,~ the percentage of minorities enrolled in medical school in 1980 (10%) as

Mencken feels it is not necessary to make these men suffer through a prolonged stay on death row. What of the suffering of their victims? Were they all granted a speedy and painless death? I doubt it. The only objectionable part of a murderers stay is not the fact that he must suffer months or even years while awaiting his execution, but the burden on taxpayers to pay for his room and board during that stay.

American University of Florida graduate holding the same degree then the distinction

the fact that his grades and test scores "were significantly higher than those of several

basis of his qualifications but on the fact that he belonged to a certain fraternity. The

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