Tuesday 30 January 2007

Round-up

- A longtime school district official is suing the Board of Education for alleged reverse discrimination, claiming the board puts race above qualifications in its hiring practices.

Ben Mora, who is white, claims the board has “demonstrated a clear pattern of discrimination against Caucasians and in favor of minority candidates for key administrative positions over approximately the last 15 years,” according to the lawsuit filed last week.

Hmmm, not much media coverage of this one, is there? Oh yeah, that's because he's white.

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English football is facing a fresh wake-up call in the fight against racism today with the Commission for Racial Equality set to demand more action to encourage the development of black managers and Asian players.

Here we go again with this ludicrous idea that we should specifically concentrate on getting one group of people more "included" in a certain field. It's been suggested in pretty much every other walk of life, including the police force and in hospitals. Why can't these people stomach the idea that one "race" has more football managers than another? I'm all for anyone with genuine talent coming forward and proving themselves at the highest level, but whether they are black or not doesn't concern me. There is no reason why all races have to be included equally. Why should we FORCE (ahem, "encourage") the demographic to change when we can just let the natural flow of things continue? Are they suggesting the lack of black managers is somehow deliberate?

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