> Vivec wrote: > It still amazes me that so many people have, or pretend to have, their heads > in the sand over the realities of raci >
Disclaimer: the following is a personal but reasoned opinion on what people consider an emotional topic. If you're distressed by reasoned opinions that may disagree with yours please stop reading here. ----------- I don't find that racist in any way and I think the ruling is a politically correct travesty. Here's why: * If BET would like to have all black people in it's ads and commercials is that racist? Of course not, BET would like to show their target market - black people - using their services. How about their sales staff being black? If I'm black looking to sell advertising to other blacks, I'm going to be more likely to buy that time from someone like me. Black in both culture and skin. * If Benetton wants 5 races in an ad and a black person applies after they've already selected their black person, is it racism if they say they're only looking for the white person now? Of course not, they have a multi-cultural multi-racial brand * If a store sells Muslim veils & women's clothing, is it racist/sexist/religist (not a word) to want Muslim dark skinned women as sales people? Of course not, they know the target market best. I think businesses have a right to control their brand and the sales team is part of the brand. We have different skin color. Trying to pretend we don't - and don't notice - is ridiculous. French employment law needs to be changed to include a little liberty. I would challenge the law based on freedom of commerce, but in France I'd lose. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298915 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
