2nd December 2005, 04:17 PM
Kevin Wooldridge wrote...
Bad idea. For once I agree with the invisible man when he writes...
If the best person for the job is white, and you deny her the job because you have to fulfil a quota of non-whites, then that is racism.
Quote:quote:One solution might be to encourage 'positive discrimination' for a fixed period of time that would allow a more diverse employment profile to be established, for role models to be created and perhaps a wider ranging social profile given to the archaeology/museology agenda.
Bad idea. For once I agree with the invisible man when he writes...
Quote:quote: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",
If the best person for the job is white, and you deny her the job because you have to fulfil a quota of non-whites, then that is racism.