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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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There was a period when I had to review every application for employment as a Secret Service Agent which was received in the Metropolitan District of Columbia, which included parts of nearby Maryland and Virginia.
I had to sort the applications into groups for consideration. Top consideration went to Black and Hispanic Females regardless of background. Next was Black and Hispanic Males regardless of background. Next was White Females; next was White Males who were fluent in a foreign language. Languishing at the bottom of the pile were White Males who had
experience as police officers.
This was particularly ironic, because years earlier when I was hired, my law enforcement background was an important factor.
In an earlier assignment in a Field Office, I was required to submit a report annually on my efforts to recruit minority applicants to Special Agent positions--- by name. Fortunately for me, they never compared the current year report with prior year reports. I always listed the same couple of minority friends who were in professions where they made more that agents made, and who would never consider making a change.
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Regarding "disparate impact," for decades the Tampa Police Department was under a federal court order to operate their promotion program to bring the number of minorities, and particularly Black females up to a percentage that reflected their percentage of minorities in the general population of Tampa.
Many White males were discriminated against by this federal mandate.
Carl in Tampa
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