On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 08:24:49AM -0700, Roberto Mello wrote: > In a perfect world ... >
That's always the sticking point isn't it? Have you ever noticed how only women get hired to play women and men get hired to play men on television and in movies? I think if I put an ad in the paper for a "Female Latino Programmer" I would get in big trouble (not as much as if I advertised for a "White Male Programmer"). If I auditioned for Trinity's character in "The Matrix XIV" I bet they wouldn't hire me based on gender preferences. I think it's great that Hollywood, ultra-PC defenders of tolerance of everyone except for people who disagree with you, set such a shining example of diversity. But cities lose discrimination lawsuits if they require that you be physically able to carry a person over your shoulder before you can qualify to be a firefighter. Fewer women qualify, so it must be discrimination. We're willing to overlook racial, gender, and any other hiring bias in our entertainment, because, hey, that's important. Lowering the physical requirements for firefighters to allow more women only affects safety of your family. Compared to entertainment that's practically nothing. I think discrimination is wrong, but our current laws lead to some rather amusing situations. And they don't have any effect whatsoever on things like: > Statiscally, if you have a southern accent, you're considered dumber > and will get a lower salary. Being from Georgia, I have to say that's a bias that definitely exists. State of origin or regional dialect are not protected classes (AFAIK, but IANAL, just a dumb hick that don't talk right), so that's perfectly legal. But I am 6'2", so statistically that brings me back up above average. Ain't life grand? Barry .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
