Ecolog:
This post prompts me to ask y'all to clear up this question for me.
Certainly there is historical justification for giving groups which have
suffered the slings an arrows of outrageous prejudice, and any reasonable
person will welcome the day when all such outrages are no longer acceptable.
Certainly progress has been made with respect to minimizing prejudice with
respect to groups, although pockets, sometimes "serious" pockets remain.
A lot of people have made a nice living (and others have made major
sacrifices) in studying the subject of ethics concerning many aspects of
life. The great wisdom of Rodney King rings in my mind--"Why can't we just
all get along?" Why, indeed.
Were I faced with a hiring decision and had a person who had been denied
employment because of abuse due to prejudice, I would be tempted to hire
that person--all other things being equal.
But what I wonder about is the justification for advertising for
"minorities" alone, regardless of whether or not the individual concerned
had suffered prejudicial employment injustice because of their "minority"
status. What laws and statutes apply? Are any laws and statutes broken?
When does a "minority" ever achieve non-minority status, and by what
standard does that status remain in any given context?
Finally, please address the fact that, by excluding "majority" applicants, a
minority is perhaps thus created. And will this practice be a means of
preserving minority status rather than moving society closer to justice in
that regard?
WT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara J Abraham" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 11:58 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] looking for a graduate student
Hello!
I am looking for a minority graduate student to work on native bee
pollinators of blueberries at Mountain Lake Biological Station. The
student will be funded through a Forest Service grant to Hampton
University (an HBCU). If anyone knows any new grads or any still looking
for a project please respond to the email address below with "bee
project" in the subject.
Happy Holidays!
Barbara J. Abraham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
SEEDS Ecology Chapter Advisor
Department of Biological Sciences
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
757-727-5283
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