Context: In 1976, a group of Italian American professors at City University of New York asked to be added as an affirmative action category for promotion and hiring. Italian Americans are usually considered white in the US and would not be covered under affirmative action policies, but the professors believed they were underrepresented. Libertarian economist Thomas Sowell wrote in his book, Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study, that affirmative action policies encourage non-preferred groups to designate themselves as members of preferred groups [i.e., primary beneficiaries of affirmative action] to take advantage of group preference policies.

Question: Where were the Italian American professors employed that asked to be added as an affirmative action category?
Answer: City University of New York

Question: Which year did the Italian American Professors make their request?
Answer: 1976

Question: What category of race do Italian Americans normally fall under?
Answer: white

Question: What was the title of the book written by Thomas Sowell?
Answer: Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study

Question: Why would Italian Americans want to get themselves designated as members of a preferred group?
Answer: to take advantage of group preference policies

Question: Where were the Irish American professors employed that asked to be added as an affirmative action category?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  Which year did the Irish American Professors make their request?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  What category of race do Irish Americans normally fall under?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was the title of the song written by Thomas Sowell?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Why would Italian Americans want to get themselves designated as members of a non-preferred group?
Answer: Unanswerable