2nd December 2005, 12:13 PM
There is an issue of racism if people are denied access to education of employment for which they are qualified and the best applicant because of their "ethnicity", however you choose to define that.
There is no issue of racism if a defined set of people elect not to apply for said courses or jobs.
If I was an employer (just you wait...) and I've been on the employing side of the desk man a time, I would want to employ the best applicant whatever their personal definition (good lord we even took on an arsenal supporter once). I would certainly be opposed to reverse racism.
I think that, like the BBC, we should try to educate, inform and entertain, within our field, the entire British public - spread our message to all, not favouring any group. If there tend to be white middle class middle aged peeople at society meetings, so be it, they are people too. Interest in "heritage" is not compulsory after all.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
There is no issue of racism if a defined set of people elect not to apply for said courses or jobs.
If I was an employer (just you wait...) and I've been on the employing side of the desk man a time, I would want to employ the best applicant whatever their personal definition (good lord we even took on an arsenal supporter once). I would certainly be opposed to reverse racism.
I think that, like the BBC, we should try to educate, inform and entertain, within our field, the entire British public - spread our message to all, not favouring any group. If there tend to be white middle class middle aged peeople at society meetings, so be it, they are people too. Interest in "heritage" is not compulsory after all.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.