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Not if it's contrived to be so by use of discrimination, no.
Seriously?
The police's role is to maintain law and order in the community. To do this they need the public's trust.
Too many sub-cultures have felt like they can't trust the police and instead of going to them take matters into their own hands or do nothing at all.
These sub-cultures need to feel like they can go to the police. There's lots of research showing how vital a multi-cultural police force is, especially somewhere as diverse as the UK.
But you'd rather a white guy who get 84 on a test gets the job over a guy who got 78 even if it's bad for the people they are supposed to be representing?
If we change the phrase positive discrimination to positive representation will this make it acceptable?