Well, stats like that really don't mean anything. Racism is a problem, there is no doubt about that. It still happens, and in the backs of people's minds they think about stereotypes when they see somebody, is it right - no, will AA change that, I don't think so.
My first question is what is the percentage of applicants that are putting in for these management jobs? What about the people out there being sought out as CEOs, where did they come from? I think the real problem that nobody wants to talk about still comes down to primary education. Primarily minority schools get less funding than primarily white schools. Jefferson himself said that for our society to work we must educate everybody. Well, many people are not getting that education, and it is hurting them. These stats don't come close to talking about a real problem, the HR manager stat for instance, 2.3% doesn't sound to me to be a problem. The CEO thing, I don't know the answer to, 16.7% while it seems a little big, that stat doesn't answer the question of why that is the case. Where is the stat that compares the number of whites with 20 years experience running a company, or with a masters degree, and all these other things that actually create some of the qualifications that these jobs are based on. I want people to be treated equally, I don't like the idea that somebody has an advantage over me because of their skin color, and I don't want to work for a place where I have an advantage over somebody else because of their skin color. I think if we have to improve education, only then will we see a real change. > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 4:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > > You're delusional if you think that Racism isn't still a problem in the > United States. > > According to National US Census data in 2000, 89.5% of CEOs were White. > 75.1% of Human Resource Managers were White, but only 72.8% of the entire > working population of 137,668,735 in the US was White... > > And you DON'T see a problem? > There is a considerable amount of Non Whites in the workforce but they > ARENT CEOs or getting into Management positions. Are you > trying to say that it's because so many of them just aren't qualified?? > > And even if you ascribe to this nebulous thinking, then why not? Is it > because they weren't given the same oppurtunities at a > secondary and tertiary education level as Whites? Or is it because they're > just plain dumber than Caucasians? > > In 1996 Affirmative action programs in California and Washington were > cancelled, with the result that enrollment by Non Whites to > California's Top Universities plummeted. I suppose you see this as a good > thing, and not a sign of there being a problem in the > United States that needs addressing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144694 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
