Re: English Tutor Needed.

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From: Robert Underhill
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 00:00

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In article <4j58qm$iqa@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>,
marek1@ix.netcom.com(Marek Konski) wrote:

> In <315491F4.2781@mfg.sgi.com> Will Woodford <woodford@mfg.sgi.com>
> writes: 
> >
> >Marek Konski wrote:
> >> 
> >> In <4ivhtt$kon@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> mua@neuronz.jpl.nasa.gov
> (Mua                                                         ^^^^^^^^
> >> Tran) writes:
> >> >
> >> >       ENGLISH TUTOR NEEDED
> >> >
> >> >The English Tutor
> >> >--has to be a NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER
> >>                ^^^^^^
> >> As far as I know, this particular requirement is illegal in the US,
> >> isn't it? Please correct me, if I'm wrong.
> >> 
> >> Marek Konski
> >> Rockville, MD
> >
> >You're wrong.
> 
> Are you sure? What about employment discrimination based on race, sex,
> national origin etc., etc. being illegal? Ever heard about that? Why do
> you think it does not apply to this case? Does the poster (or his
> friend) want to employ this person or not?
> 
> Marek Konski

The guideline as I understood it once is that you can't say, "must be a native 
speaker," that implies an ethnic criterion.  But you can say "must have native 
capability" because that refers to a skill level.

-- 
Bob Underhill
runderhill@mail.sdsu.edu

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From: runderhill@mail.sdsu.edu (Robert Underhill)
Subject: Re: English Tutor Needed.
Date: 1996/03/29
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