Thread: Black Lives Matter
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Old 23-06-2020, 11:05   #699
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Re: Black Lives Matter
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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Targets are one of the methods of balancing decades of (sometimes subconscious) discriminatory hiring, and motivate companies to review policies that can support equality of opportunities, introducing practices such as "blind CVs", balanced interview panels, & outreach programmes.

Unfortunately, old ways of doing things don’t fix themselves, and a target is an ambition, not a measure companies will go under from not meeting.
It's a blunt instrument, Hugh, that simply substitutes one form of discrimination for another. Two wrongs do not make a right. Instead of alienating a minority, this simply alienates the majority.

The solution is equal treatment. That is the way to go.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
No way is the Farage-loving Brexit Broadcasting Corporation left wing biased. But that's another debate.
Since when did the BBC adore Farage? They treat him with contempt!
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