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<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 3015088" data-attributes="member: 1674">True, I was racially discriminated against through Affirmative Action policies in the late 70&#039;s after I graduated from high school. My local postmaster told me they were doing a massive hiring in Atlanta, I was refused an application when I went down to the main office. I also went to the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local my older brother worked at, I was refused an application because they had to have a certain racial quota to bid on jobs. So there are two sides to every scenario.Growing up in the Atlanta area and home to MLK, I think my hometown handled the Civil Rights Movement peacefully. I&#039;ll admit that I still see racism sometimes, but we always seemed to tolerate each other for the most part. I started working for UPS in 1975 at the very same building the original poster stated this incident happened. I never counted people by race, but it seemed to be about a 50/50 ratio of black and white. I live and work in areas where I am considered the minority. I haven&#039;t heard anything myself about this particular incident.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scratch, post: 3015088, member: 1674"] True, I was racially discriminated against through Affirmative Action policies in the late 70's after I graduated from high school. My local postmaster told me they were doing a massive hiring in Atlanta, I was refused an application when I went down to the main office. I also went to the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local my older brother worked at, I was refused an application because they had to have a certain racial quota to bid on jobs. So there are two sides to every scenario. Growing up in the Atlanta area and home to MLK, I think my hometown handled the Civil Rights Movement peacefully. I'll admit that I still see racism sometimes, but we always seemed to tolerate each other for the most part. I started working for UPS in 1975 at the very same building the original poster stated this incident happened. I never counted people by race, but it seemed to be about a 50/50 ratio of black and white. I live and work in areas where I am considered the minority. I haven't heard anything myself about this particular incident. [/QUOTE]

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