To address your question: My agency is strictly governed by the state civil service laws which expressly prohibit any candidate from being hired or promoted to a position if there are other candidates available who have higher test scores. There are no exceptions for affirmative action programs, no quotas. Management does have some flexibility with the "rule of three", that is, a candidate chosen for a position must have one of the top three test scores for that position. No extra points are added to your score because you're a member of a "protected class". You do get extra points only if you're a veteran. So your standing on the list for a position is primarily on how well you do on the test. I know this to be a fact because the integrity of the civil service merit test system is jealously guarded by an active union representing the civil servants who are quick to take legal action if that integrity is compromised by management. By the way, our work force is well-integrated, has been for the over 20 years I've been here. There is no longer any need for even talking about affirmative action. It has disappearing since the problem it was to address no longer exists. And our office is functioning just fine.
I wouldn't call it Stalinist, I'd call it growing up and acting maturely. Don't you remember your kindergarten teacher telling you to "play nice" with the other boys and girls? Didn't you learn how to do that? At our office, we are expected to "work nice". How can you have a problem with that? Grow up & act your age! Not everyone has to be just like you for you to, if not like them, at least work with them. I think most other Americans act like grown-ups when it comes to dealing with others at a work place. What is your problem?
You are so solicitous of those harmed by reverse discrimination. I wonder where you traditionalists were 50-60 years ago when Blacks were truly discriminated against. I know there were some courageous priests who got involved in the civil rights movement but would you have supported them? If not,why not?
Please answer this: Can one be consistently Christian and a racist? Yes or no?
To address your question: My
To address your question: My agency is strictly governed by the state civil service laws which expressly prohibit any candidate from being hired or promoted to a position if there are other candidates available who have higher test scores. There are no exceptions for affirmative action programs, no quotas. Management does have some flexibility with the "rule of three", that is, a candidate chosen for a position must have one of the top three test scores for that position. No extra points are added to your score because you're a member of a "protected class". You do get extra points only if you're a veteran. So your standing on the list for a position is primarily on how well you do on the test. I know this to be a fact because the integrity of the civil service merit test system is jealously guarded by an active union representing the civil servants who are quick to take legal action if that integrity is compromised by management. By the way, our work force is well-integrated, has been for the over 20 years I've been here. There is no longer any need for even talking about affirmative action. It has disappearing since the problem it was to address no longer exists. And our office is functioning just fine.
I wouldn't call it Stalinist, I'd call it growing up and acting maturely. Don't you remember your kindergarten teacher telling you to "play nice" with the other boys and girls? Didn't you learn how to do that? At our office, we are expected to "work nice". How can you have a problem with that? Grow up & act your age! Not everyone has to be just like you for you to, if not like them, at least work with them. I think most other Americans act like grown-ups when it comes to dealing with others at a work place. What is your problem?
You are so solicitous of those harmed by reverse discrimination. I wonder where you traditionalists were 50-60 years ago when Blacks were truly discriminated against. I know there were some courageous priests who got involved in the civil rights movement but would you have supported them? If not,why not?
Please answer this: Can one be consistently Christian and a racist? Yes or no?