> Vivec wrote: > I don't buy my clothes from people that look only like me. > And yes, if BET said that you have to be black to work here, that is > discrimination as well. > > Just as if you as a business say that only Whites can use your toilets. >
It's not dude, it's just not. Let's say you show up in Atlanta to visit Erika. You've brought her a bottle of T&T rum and have made plans to make some tasty daiquiris. So at the airport you hail a cab and: * The cab driver says he doesn't drive Islanders. That's discrimination. * The cab driver says he doesn't drive black people (assuming you're black). That's discrimination. * The cab driver says he's Muslim and so won't drive you if you're carrying alcohol. Wait, what? He's not discriminating against you just the alcohol ... and if we make cab drivers shuttle around dudes with alcohol are we discriminating against Muslims ... uh oh. See in this case taxi cabs are part of public transportation infrastructure and therefore should carry anybody with any legal product. Companies, however, if they're not performing or vendoring a public service, should have a right to control their brand. They should be free to hire anyone they want with any qualities they want for external facing roles. For back office roles it would be discrimination if your only criteria was skin color given they could do the job. Think about the topless coffee shops for Gosh Sakes! Physical discrimination is gonna happen ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:298924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
