Is it discriminatory.....?

Question

to post a job posting up in Spanish but in the job posting request that the candidates must be fluent in English? Keep in mind this posting is not in a Latino magazine or newspapers, its out in public for everyone to see. To me, that says that you want to discriminate against Non -spanish speaking people and hire only hispanic people that speak spanish, and thats wrong!

Ok...this job is working at Smoothie King......so if this employer needs someone that can speak English, he should just do the posting in English

Answer 1

hello again, Diamante. well... i see you are a bit frustrated this week with the language barriers facing our nation, huh? :) as i said in my other posting (by the way, i just left you another comment on there) , i understand your frustrations. this one is a little bit different, but it think i will end up with the same conclusion.

discrimination requires the actual policy of only hiring spanish speaking people (who are also fluent in English), and not even considering people who are not "primarily" spanish speaking people for the job. i interpret this to mean that they obviously want a person who is fluent in spanish (due to the posting being in spanish). but that does not necessarily mean that the person's PRIMARY language has to be spanish. can't a person whose primary language is english, but who is also fluent in spanish, be able to read the posting and apply for the job? and the discrimination comes into play when the employer denies that particular person an opportunity to apply.

it is not discriminatory that the employer posted the job in Spanish, and is requiring fluency in English. many jobs have language requirements. this particular job is obviously "targeting" spanish speaking people. there is nothing wrong with that. it's a fine line to discrimination, but actuallly isn't discrimination :-/ like i said before, people who immigrate from other countries can't sue just because most job postings are in english. but those people are discriminated against when they are not allowed to apply simply because their native tongue is Japanese.

Answer 2

No, the job probably requires to be fluent in English, but is posted in Spanish, because even though a latin person may be able to speak and understand English, does not neccessarily mean that can comprehensivly read English.

Answer 3

If you need someone to be fluent in a language to do the job then no of course its not wrong. Im in engineering and its essential that international workers speak English for communication so no as long as can prove that you have employed the most able person regardless of ethnicity you will be fine.

Answer 4

It is not discriminatory to ask for specific languages as a qualification for employment. This is the same thing as requiring someone to have a college degree. It is only discrimination if an ethnicity/race is specified i.e., Hispanic, Latino, Caucasian, African American.

Answer 5

Nope. I mean they just want someone who can read spanish and speak fluent english. Some jobs require it...

Answer 6

I assume that they're hoping to hire someone who is fluently bilingual, and posting the listing in Spanish will assure that most people who aren't won't apply.

Answer 7

not necessarily because they are obviously looking for someone that is bilingual (english/spanish) If the potential candidate is bilingual then they would have no problem reading it in English or Spanish.

Answer 8

I agree with you. Call the ACLU. Let them do something besides attack Christians all the time.
I'm not sure if anything can be done, but it was very smart on the employers part.

Answer 9

Sure sounds strange. May that want some bi-linguil

Answer 10

Yes it is. But if the shoe was on the other foot, you would be racist for bringing it up.