Census time at UNH: What is 'underrepresented?'
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http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Census+time+at+UNH%3A+What+is+%27underrepresented%3F%27&articleId=65802476-f888-48ad-af9f-df4534a45c75On its job applications, the University of New Hampshire publishes the laudable and legally mandated verbiage that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or sexual orientation. But wait, there's more.
"The University seeks excellence through diversity among its administrators, faculty, staff, and students." Here we go. One man's (whoops) one person's "diversity" is of course another's "affirmative action," and that can lead to its own form of reverse discrimination. Colorblind is better than color counts.
But what caught our eye about the UNH language was this: "Application by members of all underrepresented groups is encouraged." What does "underrepresented" mean here? How does UNH know if it has "too few" gay people, for instance? The percentage of homosexuals in the population is an estimate, and a controversial one at that. Is it 2 percent, 4 percent or 10 percent?
