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Originally Posted by Guest
I do not wish to get into an argument about race, but I will point out one fact that I personally know of. A while back when Affirmative Action was initiated, many professional exams had to be dumbed down in order to get some minority qualifications to choose from. I know really good people that were not chosen, even though their testing was exemplary and many minorities that were able to retake tests until they could meet the minimum qualifying score. This is fact. This is why I am against Affirmative Action. Not because of the ethnicity, but because some folks were not required to compete fairly for positions. If you tell a firefighter that they have to be able to carry a 250lb man out of a building and then tell women that are competing that they only have to carry, say a 100lbs, then you are doing a disservice to the community. If you are hiring, you should choose the best qualified to get the job done. Charity belongs in the churches.
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My corporation did some government work and hence they were obligated to actively engage in Affirmative Action. It was purely a numbers game ( quantitative v qualitative). there were some job positions I found that demanded 100% female supervisors. How is that for balance.
In one situation a person needing automotive collision repair background was needed. we found a woman who grew up in the auto body business working in her father's shop. she never had a chance for that job because the demands were, it had to be filled by a black male. the one chosen eventually became a disaster.
in another situation another company hired a large number of black females to do appraising ( estimating auto damage). the body shop managers were focal laughing out loud and eagerly awaiting these females to visit their body shops
another ill conceived government rule was and still is disparate impact. It basically says the end result of an activity that results in a low % of blacks being represented is discrimination per se.
So if an apartment building is built and the pre-determined % of black representation is not allowed to rent then its discrimination ( ie there is only one black renting why aren't there 100?)
In just about every aspect of american living if a % of black representation doesn't meet the pre-determined % then its clear evidence of discrimination. This rule applies to colleges. It applies in reverse to prison where the claim is that racism exits because well there are more blacks in a prison than other races.
I served as a representative ( liaison) of my company to New York Human Rights Division attending their meeting and state conferences in Albany and two things were made clear to me 1) anything and everything was due/caused because of discrimination be it racism, misogyny or homophobia 2) I was not a welcome addition, was actually shunned, because I was white and a heterosexual male.
so what is happening in this nation today's has been a long time coming and all it needed as an impetus to push it over the edge was 8 years of liberal/socialist/multicultural Obama policies. These social cultural warriors believed for 8 years that they were the kings of the mountain until a blonde blue eyed white heterosexual male brought them back to reality
Now the faux claims of white supremacy, racism ,sexism and homophobia
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