Now they lift a 10-foot aluminum ladder. It's not a racial thing, it's not a minority thing, it's not a woman thing. We're asking for problems. And everyone knows it. That's why special treatment backfires.
Quotas assume that no women or minorities can carry their end of the ladder without unfair help.
That's a patronizing insult to the minorities and women who have made it the hard way. City officials defend their good intentions to just give a few individuals a break. But they're not doing recruits any favors. And that could be fatel. Peter Bronson is editorial page editor of The Enquirer.