Blatant discrimination against whites

[kev100]

It had to come to this, how long before we are second class citiizens in our own country?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2006/07/13/nwhite13.xml&sSheet=/new s/2006/07/13/ixuknews.html

[noxlumos]

"Our own country" would that be a white person's country, or a British person ( irrespective of skin colour's) country?

[WaldoMcFroog]

I don't know. Possibly when the proportion of white people not offered a job because of their skin colour even begins to approach the proportion of non-white people who don't get offered jobs because of theirs...

Stop pretending white people are some hugely discriminated against minority in the face of all possible evidence. They're not; not by any possibly criteria apart from 'do badly written newspapers keep saying they are in kneejerk editorials?'

[kev100]

If you read the article noxlumos you will see that only people of either African, Afro-Caribbean, Asian or Chinese descent can apply.

Can you imagine the furore if it said only white people can apply.

[jake-the-peg]

This was extensively discussed (and ably explained by Waldo) just a few threads down here:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question26 0833.html

[Drusilla1S]

As was mentioned in a thread below, this was for a trainee position and the law has allowed organizations to increase their minority groups in this manner for trainee appointments only since 1976.

[El D]

The idea that a 'representative' workforce will solve all the problems faced by modern society is quite frankly mind bogglingly(!?) simplistic. It also presumes racism on the past of every member of society as they will only feel comfortable dealing with someone of the same colour skin, or an organisation where 'they' (who?) are represented. The whole idea is that IT SHOULDN'T MATTER. These quotas and targets were introduced as a way of monitoring the content of organisations, now they have become distorted into the be all and end all. It's pathetic and I detest the snivelling, weak thinking behind it.

[noxlumos]

As a white male I actually support it, for one reason and one alone. I have been on the recieving end of prejeudice because I am Catholic from Belfast where, if you were, you were last in the queue for pretty much everything hence the civil unrest regarding housing etc that preceeded the "troubles". When things are monitored you at least ensure that some things are done fairly and proportionately, when they aren't whoever's in charge takes the p**s and favours their own.Take this away and see how many chinese/ black/ asians get a fair crack of the whip with the present climate.