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webbo3 | 10:49 Thu 23rd Jul 2020 | News
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53442614

Surely employees are hired on their merits and nothing else, any company or business wants the best.

the bbc have one black person at board level and so haven't diversified very well.

https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/whoweare/bbcboard

https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/whoweare/exco

https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/whoweare/commercial

The bbc are very white.
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Correct. And here's one of many reasons why:

"It's actually considering that somebody with a 2:2 degree from a university in a really deprived area, which is where they were brought up, could be the equivalent of a First from a Russell Group university (group of 24 leading universities)."

If that's a realistic consideration there's something radically wrong with your recruitment processes.
Have you watched anything on the BBC recently? BAME people are more than adequately represented in newsreading, reporting and across all forms of drama - I'd suggest to a greater degree than the 13% of the population which is BAME.
because of this BBC bias I really do not want to stump up for a TV licence next month
The BBC has become an unfunny joke.
"Surely employees are hired on their merits and nothing else, any company or business wants the best. "

it would be lovely if it was as simple as that. Unfortunately its not. people do tend to make subconscious judgements before they get as far as the onjective skills basket. I did work in the NHS on multiskilling staff, both qualified and support staff....it was really really hard to get people beyond eg "oh this person needs a nurse" to "oh this person needs someone with the skills to do xyz and skills x and z could be done by anybody.
Yes, and also, there is rarely an obvious gradation of qualifications and abilities.
> "It's actually considering that somebody with a 2:2 degree from a university in a really deprived area, which is where they were brought up, could be the equivalent of a First from a Russell Group university (group of 24 leading universities)."

That's true (and it doesn't even mention skin colour). Somebody who's managed to overcome an unsupportive family, a substandard education and a lack of independent access to other resources, and still managed to get themselves to and through university, quite possibly has a lot more about them that an employer would find attractive than somebody who's basically had everything done for them up to that point in life.
I've wondered about the fuss with no BAME actors getting awards. Does a person of colour who gets any award now wonder whether they have it because they deserve it?
If they don't, they should. Apart from Idris Elba of course.
Oh, and Denzil Washington.

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