What do you say when you see a black guy trying to get a high level job at the city sewer company?
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I actually think its funny lol... good thing I'm half blk though, otherwise by laughing ppl would accuse me of being a racist.
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well Black Woman (lovely):\nit`s because i get from Palenque the gallery`s web mail about Anatanael's, A.K.A El Tanò, information, i send to you there so you can do the rest, well "woman" get yourself to work.\ntake off the fish`s grudges because I don`t know how its flavor is, neither how they cook it, well, fuck, is that this motherfuckers write to me in english and I, luckly talk the spanglish\nUgly black woman, ahh forgive me, my "is a strange way to say dear or baby" call me or write to me\nChely\nWell Ray is hurry here, next to me, that i have to say to you black woman with big mouth, well i told him that you have big mputuh when you were little
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April\n\nI agree with you 100%\n\nI have a friend that's a Lutenant in a local fire dept. He recently took the test for a job opening as Captain. He got an 87% on the test. Another guy, that happens to be black, took the same test and got the job. His score, 78%. So why did he get the job? Because they have to give blacks (and some other "minorities") a handicap score advantage to meet the equal oppurtunity hiring laws.\n\nSo....what's wrong with this, you ask.\nIt's lowering our standards to accomodate someone that's inferior but want's the job. Now, the fire dept. that hired him will have a less qualified captain running that fire house. That's not what I want for my community, and I don't think most other people want it either.\nI could care less what color someone is, but if they're too stupid to pass the test, then I don't want them to have the job! If they want to be treated equally, let's get back to it! It will mean many minorities will lose jobs because they can't meet the standards we need, but that's what being treated equally means!
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Despite the best efforts of the civil rights administration you are still going to run into idiots like Dan! and uck_me_say. There is little you can do without proof. I know what you mean as I was once a computer analyst. I wrote an entire ATM system for a bank back in the 80's and was solely responsible for the successful implementation of the system. With these credentials and more = including published articles on my field in leading industry magazines I didn't get hired for this one bank. From the guys energy I knew he was not about to hire any person of color. \n\nI just hung in there and I got hired at some place else. Later that same moron regretted he didn't hire me when the bank that did hire acquired his bank and I became his boss. \n\nLook at it this way. God is going to take care of you and God is bigger than bigotry. Look for your opportunities as coming from God. The door is open in front of you if you just keep knocking. It is tough for people of all colors right now.\n\nPay no attention to the venom in the other answers. Hatred is its own condemnation.
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Yes, you'd like to think of them as criminals rather than just people looking for any kind of work.  I'm sure it makes your racism that much more comfortable.
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Actualy interesting story, I was at a bar with a female friend of mine and this black guy starts talking to her trying to get in her pants and such at this point he didnt realise she was with me. Finaly hes makeing a point and turns to me and goes "hey cracker what do you think?" i was all "why i gotta be a cracker? huh? do i go around calling you nigger? applogise for that" he asked me "you mean you never say to any of your friends whats up my nigga?" I said no and my boss (i was at the bar i work at) who is black backed me up i thought there was gonna be a fight but the guy applogised and decided to leave the girl and myself alone. so no i have to disagree now your right in that YES SOME blacks ... ill even dare to say MOST blacks would take offence to you calling him a nigga and meaning no offence but you cant make that statement its called steriotypeing dont do it dont generalise becuz the majority of a type of people maybe one way but there are always individuals that dont fit into that rule
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For larger companies they usually start with a passive approach.  If that doesn't work, then a more agressive campaign is called for.\n\nYou will never parallel the demographics in your area, but all you need to do is give it your best shot.  Never hire a person for their color, but always for their expertise.
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Good luck getting a good job.
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Well ya know all I gotta say is that it seems the Equality we dreamed of has not become reality because people like Jesse Jackson are still whinning about how the Whites need to give the Blacks everything.\n\nBlacks do have more opportunities than they use to.\n\nA Black Teacher I use to have actually had an impact on my opposition to Affirmative Action.\n\nHe commented that he felt that if a White person and Black person applies for a job it is wrong to hire the Black person for being Black (especially if the White person is more qualified).\n\nIt's kinda like if White person and Black person applied for a job it would be wrong to hire the White person for being White (especially if the Black person was more qualified).\n\nIt's kinda like when it comes to Elections I look at abilities of a person over top of race.\n\nFor instance a Black man who is running for Senate in my State has my support but in 2002 I voted for the White person who ran for Attorney General instead of his opponent who was Black.\n\nBut seriously we do need to start thinking of persons as individuals rather than having things based on Race.
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Get a job with a different company. All the money in the world can't be worth putting up with such a lack of respect. And to be blunt, maybe he thinks he can "get somewhere" with the black female.\n\nEither that, or maybe you could talk with another superior. Getting the matter on record is always a good thing - if it should continue, then you'll help them see a pattern with this supervisor.\n\nGood luck, and I hope this problem is solved soon, one way or another.
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I liked that guy...  His character was the neighborhood garbage man!  His saying was "one man's garbage is another man's treasure!"
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That would depend on what he was put in for in the first place....Factory jobs arnet very glamorous but they generally hire the most ex cons...He should just be upfront with them in the interview and some character references wouldnt hurt either...Good luck to him
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Trusted to treat them fairly?  The other 100's of banks don't treat them fairly?  Give me a break...  it seems like most blacks do more discrimination against themselves.  Do they have all black employees?  If they do I'm going to apply and then sue them for racism, then they won't have their own bank anymore because it will be my personal bank.
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Hmm, that's a slightly controversial one, but not nearly as much as say, er, other stuff, so I'll jump in.  Why not?  ^_^\n\nIt may depend slightly on the type of affirmative action you're talking about, but in general I don't feel that it's right.  Especially relating to job acquisition, this is a bad idea.  If a white guy applies for a job and a black (forgive the terms, but "white" and "black" DO take less time to type...although this sentence kinda already made that a useless excuse...but meh) guy applies for the same job, and the white guy is more qualified but they take the black guy because they have to "meet quota" or they "don't want to appear rascist," then that both hurts the economy as well as being a bad moral practice.  Also, if the place those two were applying at WAS just trying to "meet a quota," and later the same white guy tries to apply and another black guy of slightly lesser qualifications also applies (please don't infer that I'm saying that non-white people are less skilled; this is merely an example), they are going to hire the white guy, or at least they should, as he meets the criteria better (not because he's white; I stated that his qualifications are better for the purposes of this example).  Anyway, if the second black guy is technically more skilled than the first black guy, then the end result in this situation is that a white guy and a black guy were hired, but the company could have had a better black guy, and the black guy that had mre qualifications did not get the job he could have had if the company had hired on what I think is a moral basis: ability.  And yes, this is a very far fetched example.  However, hiring on the basis of race is completely unjustified.  I also think hiring on the basis of need is unjustified, which of course immediately leads me to the aforementined race conclusion.  If a person really needs a job, then they need to convince their employer that they can do a darn good job of it.  Thing is, if they really need it, they will try harder to get it AND will work harder at it, which will make them at least in part better cantidates for employment.  I hope that this made sense; I tend to ramble a lot.  Anyway, I'm gonna move on to education.\n\nAs for education, there are a lot of grants out there, and I have seen stats about how African Americans and Hispanics (hmmmm, I chose to type it out NOW, but not in the earlier...oh well) are oftentimes at a disadvantage in paying for school compared to white people.  However, I really feel that we should not be labeling people like that.  there are white people I'm sure that are in just as dire straights as some of the people who apply for "race-only" scholarships.  I think scholarships should be based on merit and need.  If the people of certain races really are more needy, and they are willing to get the grades or reccomendations (and/or write good scholarship application essays), then they should get those scholarships anyway.  As it is, white people who need scholarship money are having to compete with everybody for them, but other races can enter both into "everyone" scholarships as well as scholarships that are only for their race.  Also, having quotas for letting other races into colleges can be hurtful to the people who actually try to get good grades.  I'm not saying that white people always get better grades or anything like that, but if say for one year the applicants at a university are a little more slim on the "non-white" side, and the "white" side is better qualified to get in, the unbiversity may still have to "meet quota," which is not necessarily PUNISHING ability, but is certainly not rewarding it.  If people are not rewarded for their ability and work, then something is wrong.  If minorities want to get into college, then they should (and many do of course) work h
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I have not seen any african american asking for a job. I am the manager of a retail store in Los angeles, CA and I just don't see it... let me know if within these area you or someone you know is looking for a job as a sales associate and maybe even an assistent manager...
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A good friend of mine had a prosperous lawn mowing business. "Had" being the key word here. He refused to hire anyone that was in this country illegally. The competition started using illegal slave labor "mexicans" and put him right out of business. He had no problem at all finding people willing to work but when other companies are paying way below minimum wage....what could he do???
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The first time an african-american friend of mine got in a racially-motivated fight, I wasn't in the room. I was in the bar, but I wasn't in the same room. I saw him getting hustled out the door by a bunch of white people, (I live in a predominantly white community) and I became concerned. \n\nApparently, somebody walked up and said, "I'm gonna kill you, ******!" and started pounding on him. He responded (admirably) by pounding harder on the other guy.\n\nBy the time I got there, Brian was outside, and there was this huge, mountain of a man, being held back by two very small women, because he had just had the **** kicked out of him by Brian. That was the night that I REALLY became friends with Brian. All I told him, was, "Next time, I got your back."\n\nLong story short, the bartender had told Brian that the cops had been called, so he allowed himself to be pushed out of the bar. I met him outside, found out what had happened, and told him, you're always welcome at my bar (the bar I usually go to, not the bar I own). We went there.\n\nThe... (I wanna say "bigot" but I'll say...) racist came back to the same bar a few weeks later (when he'd recovered) and asked Brian if he could drink there. Brian said, "It's not my bar. Ask the owners." He did, and they said, "OK." Neither one of us has been back since. \n\nIt doesn't matter who you're comfortable with, it's what you think is right. I have to think before I speak, with non-white people, but it's only to make sure I won't offend anyone. I know what's right. I grew up in a racist community, listening to racist and homophobic jokes my whole life. Thankfully, neither of my parents are racist or homophobic, so it wasn't taught to me at home. Regrettably, they knew what kind of community they'd moved me into, and thought I'd have a better shot at conforming if they kept their mouths shut and let me make up my own mind. It's a good thing for me, that I'm not easily swayed by nonsense.\n\nEven with the backwoods start I got, I know now that when I meet someone, I meet a person. Not a German, or a Russian, a Brit, a Swahili, or a Columbian. There are a lot bigger differences in people than skin color. I've met a$$holes, angels, perverts, bible thumpers, and a thousand other different types of person, that don't involve parentage in the least. \n\nUnlike most people that include non-whites in their little circles, I'm not just trying to prove that I'm not racist. I KNOW I'm not racist. I have nothing to prove to anyone.\n\nBack to your question: I'm uncomfortable around racists and homophobes. Period. I can hang with Brian because I KNOW he's not racist, and I'm pretty sure he's not homophobic, too. \n\nIf a non-white person walks into the bar, and starts being a (let's say "jerk" because yahoo doesn't like it when I swear) jerk, I'm gonna go over there and call them a jerk. Plain and simple. \n\nIt took me a lot of time to refine this "people are people" thing, (given my background) and now I'm going to be who I am. I've been accused of being a racist, because I called a jerk a jerk, but frankly I don't care what people think of me. I (and my friends) know who I am, and if they (the people who accuse me of such things) are idiots to begin with, then... I've always got Brian to back me up there.\n\nNo, I don't identify myself as being white, any more than I tell people that Brian is black (I would've said african-american, but that's HIS self-description). If I describe someone to another, I make it a point to exclude skin color.\n\nBtw, the reason it took me so long to answer, is because in my original answer (I deleted it and rewrote it) I mentioned the bar too many times, and had to go there. I'm not sober right now.