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Date Posted: 18:25:11 09/17/07 Mon
Author: Deep Diction
Subject: Re: Is an ethnic slur an ethnic slur, even if it isn't?
In reply to: SleepingHare 's message, "Re: Is an ethnic slur an ethnic slur, even if it isn't?" on 01:10:27 09/17/07 Mon

>In Canada the laws enacted in the name of political
>correctness encourage the hiring of minorities and
>women even if they are not the best candidate. I've
>seen government job applications full of questions on
>race and a big notice at the top informing everyone
>that minorities will get priority in hiring. When the
>government is actively and openly practicing racial
>discrimination and encourages private employers to do
>the same what chance would a lawsuit have?

I don't have a whole lot of insight on affirmative action law in the US, but the way I understand its intent is that between two equally qualified applicants, the minority applicant is given preferential status. But I would think that to vocalize disdain for a particular "protected class" (and majorities are protected just as much as minorities in equal protection law) would imply that a less-qualified applicant would be given preferential treatment over the class for which the disdain was vocalized.

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