N.Y. City Ad Firms & African-American Quotas

New York City's Human Rights Commission reached an agreement with several ad firms to remedy a discrimination charge by the Commission. According to a prepared statement African-American pay and position status at some of the City's advertising firms has " seen little progress from the situation found 40 years ago". The Commission directive effectively forces the ad firms to impliment a quota in favor of African-Americans in management postions and increase the salarries also. The Human Rights Commission evidently forgot that it's title is Human Rights Commission not African-American Rights Commision. What of all the other races rights?

In reference to the Commision's statement, " Little progress is seen from the situation found 40 years ago". Forty years ago the U.S. went through a costly legislative revolution with the Civil Rights Acts and the launch of the Great Society. That monumental period targeted particularly African-Americans. And yet African-Americans still require special help. So who is to blame now? Quotas are not the answer. The answer is to be supplied by African-Americans themselves.