Opinion Center
Discrimination Survey
 
 

 

Everyday Choices

1.  If I choose not to touch a hot stove is that discrimination?

Yes
No

2.  If I choose to vacation in France have I discriminated against the British? Yes
No

3.  If I choose to buy a red car have I discriminated against blue cars? Yes
No

4.  If I choose to attend an out-of-state university have I discriminated against my state's school system? Yes
No

5.  I am very happy that I can be discriminating and make choices like those above. Agree
Disagree

6.  If my company were forced to hire based upon irrelevant factors rather than individual potential for meritorious job performance, has my company lost some ability to be discriminating? Yes
No

7.  Will my company be able to compete effectively in the global economy if companies around the world are able to hire based strictly upon individual potential for meritorious job performance? Yes
No

8.  Do you believe job promotions should be judged as on football, baseball and basketball teams:  by performance? Yes
No

9.  Do you believe job promotions should be based primarily upon ethnicity and race or upon merit and competence? Ethnicity-race
Merit

10. Assume that you work for a living, get paid, use some of your money to buy a computer with Internet access, learn how to use it and then buy airline tickets over the Internet at a discount.  Have you taken unfair advantage of those who do not know how or can't understand how to use the Internet? Yes
No

11. There is now appearing a quantifiable differential between those who achieve and those who have not achieved.  This differential has the catchy label of 'digital divide'.  This process is leading to the view that if the least worthy can not achieve something, then those who are worthy do not have a right to that something. Agree
Disagree

12.  Today many companies and organizations have instituted hiring practices that go beyond what had been usual in order to hire minorities.  If a company or organization wants to promote diversity among its employees, it need only follow one rule:   Hire the most qualified person based upon education, experience and willingness to work hard.  That will automatically promote appropriate diversity... unless there are not diverse people able to meet performance standards.  Then these companies and organizations will be stuck with the most competent, hard working and highest caliber work forces available. Agree
Disagree

13.  If you work in a company that hires based upon quotas of any type or experienced discrimination of any kind:

       "Internal, artificially imposed imbalances forced upon an organization, company,
        or nation toward the negative eventually cause self-destruction from within."
        Consider:  The Democratic National Party after recent layoffs of 10 minority workers,
        several visible companies large and small... take your choice of many with excess
        overheads, and Yugoslavia, etc.

Agree
Disagree

14.  Again the runners from Kenya have taken top honors in several marathons including New York and other major races.  The reason Kenyans often win is: They train more than other runners
They are natural runners with more skill than the other runners
They want to win more than other runners

15. I am: Female
Male

16. My age group is: Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 & older

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