*the term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin *
Which is definitely what we have here. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > JJ wrote: > > > > Of course it IS a racist policy. > > > > Maybe it shouldn't be illegal, but it CERTAINLY is racist. > > > > It's not and here's why: > > If two people are candidates for job position, both equally qualified > and both perfectly capable, but one of them is selected solely because > the hiring manager, say, doesn't like whitey then that's racism. > > In THIS case, the two people AREN'T equally qualified. The company > has determined that it can sell more of product X if their sales > people look like Y. In that case it's not any-ism, it's just > business. > > Happens all the time in sales. Grandma Anny sells more cookies, fit > people sell more exercise equipment. IF we say one quality is > discrimination then all qualities are. > > Fat people can work at Bally's. > > Ugly people can be TV anchors. > > Dumb people can work in book stores. > > Of course all of that would be silly which is why it's not racism. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:298956 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
