Positive Discrimination in my view is the worst kind of discrimination, I mean discrimination is bad (in areas where it is unneeded/irrelevent) but positive Discrimintion (affirmative action) is the worst kind.

Positive discrimination seeks to equalise imbalances which in many cases occur for a good reason due to a natural advantage by a certain group (males being on average physically stronger than women) which allow them to perform better at a job requiring heavy lifting.

but lets take a job where all groups are of an equal ability, some regular office admin job for example, 18 white applicants 5 black applicants, in a regular discriminatory position only the 18 whites will be selcted to progress further, in a positive discrimination scenario only the 5 blacks progress so a racial quota can be filled within a company or government department. the first problem we have with discriminating againsting against the majority is the more people are unfairly affected.

also in a regular scenario an applicant has to compete against 22 others, in a regular discrimination scenario they have to compete against 17, in a positive discrimination scenario it's a mere 4. no real pressure there then to be employable.

Another point which those positivly discrimated also make, is that it's offensive to them, by demostrating that governments don't think they are capable of gaining employment without positive discrimination.

Your thoughts.