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Originally Posted by bkkcoh
Wouldn't it be better to know that a person got a position as a result of his/her qualifications instead of ethnicity or gender?
Equal outcomes can't be the end goal, equal opportunities can be and it would be up to the person to make the most of his/her opportunity.
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I don't really want in the middle of this discussion, however....
2 years ago, I interviewed for a good job, and was told by the director that I was hands down the best applicant and had several years of better experience than any other applicant. He called back a week later and said that he was told by HR that he was to "hire an affirmative action qualifier" and wasn't going to be able to offer me the position.
I know my dad is routinely told by HR to diversify his staff in an ag related business. He said he's hired every black and latino that have ever applied for one of his positions. Zero. In the midwest, in an ag related industry, and corporate from a coast growls about the diversity. Women and a couple of token gheys will have to do.
In any job, the best candidate should win. period.
That said....if the statements in the thread starter are true, its a sad reality of how hypersensitive our society is becoming.
I heard that next year the 4th of July and Cinco de Mayo were being outlawed as discriminatory holidays....they discriminate against people who can only count to 3.