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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:07 PM Original message |
Is there any way to test someone's racist factor before hiring him or her |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. What do you mean? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Absolutely no commitment to Affirmative Action, yet works |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. What do you mean by no commitment to Affirmative Action? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. He/She is a racist. No commitment to AA. Believes that minorities are |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Thank you for the lecture |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Sorry Bryant, please re-read my post. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. I read the salon article. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. and wouldnt that be an "ist" in itself? |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. dress up as an 'uppity' black woman if you are doing the interviewing. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. You could ask 'em if they'd mind keeping an eye on the ****s. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I don't have any connection to the company, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sure. I'll tell ya. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. One of those pre-employment psych tests must measure racist tendencies. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. You would think. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. If possible, have the person interviewed by people of different races/ethnicities |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Sorry I would take an opposite approach. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bring up affirmative action |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I just wish I had been a fly on the wall on his/her interview day. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. But is everyone who is against that necessarily a racist? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It is a topic |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think by this late date, that anybody who doesn't support AA |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. But there are AA people who oppose it |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I think we are in the era of alliances. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. There is very little that is common to the entire culture |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between racism, and just a mean-spirited |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. True, there are always people who are just plain rotten |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. In my experience, there are few topics which promote more all-encompassing generalities |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Do you realize that in schools that support AA, rural white students |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Legacy admissions suck too. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I think you're mincing words so you don't have to step on the edges |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. No, it's not. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. If people were judged on the basis of their character, you'd have |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Here we go |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's nothing really practical to do with this.... White folks have had a LOT of practice.... |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. I have a Great way to test this!!! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Good game. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. Take the person out to dinner |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I think that some extra thought must be made into the interview process. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. okay |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yeah, I think in this case, it would be helpful to know what someone |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Does your company have an employee cafeteria? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I'm not involved with the corporation at all. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
28. Not sure if it's ethical, but set the person up in a private room |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. The more I think about it, the more I think this method wouldn't work. |
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