Racial Quotas and the Stimulus

Racial Quotas and the Stimulus

News broke over the weekend that minorities are receiving less than 2% of the contracts awarded by the federal government with stimulus money.

Some people think that’s a non-issue, because they believe that racial quotas are unfair and discriminatory.

“I believe that no distinctions can be made on the basis of race,” said Scott Detamore, a managing attorney at the Mountain States Legal Foundation. “So far it doesn’t appear that the federal government has committed overt discrimination.”

Others think it’s a huge issue, and that awarding contracts based on race is not discriminatory.

“These numbers are far...