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| Police Unlawfully Rejected ‘Exceptional' Recruit for Being Straight White Male |
| 2019-02-24 |
| Affirmative Action is alive and well in Great Britain. [Breitbart] Cheshire Police abused "positive action" legislation to unlawfully discriminate against an "exceptional" candidate for being a straight white male, an employment tribunal has ruled. Matthew Furlong, 25, applied to Cheshire Police in order to follow in the footsteps of his father, who is a serving detective inspector on the force ‐ but was ultimately turned down for a role, despite being told "it was refreshing to meet someone as well-prepared as yourself" and that he "could not have done any more" after passing the interview stage of the recruitment process, ITV news reports. Under the Equality Act of 2010, British employers technically cannot discriminate against people on the basis of certain "protected characteristics" including race, sex, and sexuality, but they can choose candidates from certain groups over others ‐ typically white people, and in particular white men ‐ if they are of "equal merit". Employers can also outright discriminate against people from "under-represented" groups for training programmes, workshops, and so-called internships ‐ many of which pay more than a typical working-class job ‐ aimed at increasing employment prospects. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 You would have to include Klingon to make that stick. |
| Posted by: Marilyn Jones2754 2019-02-24 13:05 |
| #6 Recruits of high priority. Gay crossdressing female muslims. There is a Michele joke there somewhere. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-02-24 12:48 |
| #5 Re #4: I was speaking of the US experience, not UK |
| Posted by: US3354 2019-02-24 08:34 |
| #4 The whole kick off of affirmative action (AA - and no I don't think the name of the society for drunks is a co-incidence) was Griggs vs. Duke Power Co. which held that a test that discriminated based on issues that were not a factor in the job were illegal. Enter the courts and now any test that shows adverse impact on "minorities" is verboten. |
| Posted by: Ulinetle Slolet3354 2019-02-24 08:33 |
| #3 Most of the police "customers" are from under-represented groups. Maybe thye should argue that because mass criminality has been imported we need more police who understand the culture of mass criminality? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-02-24 06:47 |
| #2 At a certain point, why would you want to be part of an organization that was loaded with mediocrities? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-02-24 04:43 |
| #1 Yea, well, affirmative action is discrimination against the capable - just look at the present day "western'" universities. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-24 02:15 |