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Originally Posted by ABC

This ought to be the most pathetic statement I ever read on this website, which incidentally is owned/moderated by an accomplished african-american pilot who I am sure would gripe at the idea that a "race card" may be his only gateway to a cockpit.

I guess to each their own: while some members of ethnic minority groups are actually proud and talented individual who put effort into things and welcome fair competition and selection-hence playing an ACTIVE role in accomplishing their goals, others simply like to hope for affirmative action to enable to them to cut in front other, possibly more qualified, candidates of a different, non-minority race.