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In article <478kbj$4oq@ionews.io.org>, lzaird@io.org says...
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>aa637@freenet.hamilton.on.ca (gordon smith) wrote:
>>Very well put. The trouble with people who support the quota systems is 
>>that they already have jobs. If they had to put up with what the average 
>>white male has to go through looking for work they would be in favour of 
>>scrapping it as well. Here's just the most recent thing that happened 
>>to me. I applied for an Assistant Managers job with a branch of the 
>>government. Human recources told me I was the only one who had 
answered 
>>the add. This is a $35,000  a year position. I was never called for an 
>>interview even though I was more than qualified. I was told my 
>>application had been thrown in the garbage and that there is now a 
>>visible minority from another city commuting daily for this job. I 
>>currently make $7,000 a year. This strikes me as very unfair and there is 
>>nothing I can do about it. I'm 39 and worked full time for 20 years 
>>paying my taxes and now the government does this to me? 
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>Oh, there's an original little peice of rhetoric, the fabled 'quota'
>system.  Could it be that the person hired WAS more qualified than
>you?  Mabye?  No way, you're god, right?  Employment Equity is in
>place so that employers like Majestic Electronics, now defunct, can't
>pull stunts like they did (which was truly discriminatory hiring
>practices).  It's also there so that you AREN'T judged on race, sex,
>age, sexual orientation or religion...and if that makes it harder for
>you to get a job, well, sorry... 
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In most probability the person hired was not 'more qualified' than Izaird.  It 
was all over the papers a few months ago, that the Ont. Gov't.  were not 
accepting applications from white males, a memo to that effect was 
quoted. This has been government policy for some time, the memo 
confirmed it.  I have read ads in their newsletter, that specifiy 
'only applications from the designated groups will be accepted for this 
position'.  Usually these positions are training positions which are set up 
especially for the designated groups.  This is to give them training and a leg 
up on the promotional ladder.  However, they didn't stop at these positions, 
as some white males have found out.
Don't forget, equal isn't necessary equal.  One must only be 'relatively 
equal'.   Relatively equal in some organizations is withing 10 points.  
The Gov't and others have long been discriminating in favour of minorities.  
The RCMP and the OPP were (and I believe still are) only accepting 
applications from minorities. 
Why should our sons pay for the sins of their fathers?