Is it right to discriminate against white people and especially white men? Does this rectify history?

Question

The Labour Party has a policy of promoting non-white applicants for new positions. Will this rectify past discrimination, or is it just freezing out white men from having careers?

Answer 1

My hubby has been a victim of so called positive discrimination and he was furious especially when he was told he was the best candidate for the job but the company wanted to be diverse. The irony of it was that the person they employed could not do the job and left a few weeks later.

This company then phoned my hubby and offered him the job.

I will have to leave what he said to them to your imagination. It was not pleasant.

Some months later this company went out of business. Isn't revenge sweet?

Answer 2

Affirmative action was first put in place so that people would not discriminate against minorities or women. In this day and age though, affirmative action has turned into reverse discrimination. Just look at colleges and universities; a university, hypothetically, has 100 spots for undergrads, but ten of those spots are set aside for African Americans. So because of those ten spots, an African American with a lower grade would beat out caucasion #91 even if the caucasion had a higher grade. White, middleclass, heterosexual men are the ones that affrimative action hits hardest. After that, it seems like the white, middleclass, heterosexual woman (with no children or dependents) is hit the hardest.

In no way am I trying to offend any person. I'm bot biased or prejudiced against anyone. I am just saying that affirmative action has served about as much good as it can and it is time to be buried.

Answer 3

'Positive' discrimination has nothing to do with rectifying the past or appeasing aggrieved peoples. It is just a way for the government to increase animosity and misunderstanding between different communities - thereby increasing its own power. 'Divide and Conquer' - isn't that what they say?

If people don't communicate they can never understand each other or realise what they might have in common.. or unite against the real evil of government bureaucracy!

Positive discrimination also undermines the achievements of those who happen to come from certain ethnic backgrounds because it makes people think they only got to where they are because of pity/government quotas. It also increases contempt for ethnic minorities amongst the 'native' population for the same reason.

Job done.

Answer 4

NO IT WOULD NOT ! discrimination is discrimination weather it's directed towards whites African Americans or any other ethnic origin especially those who are physically and mentally challenged.

People are people and need acceptance no matter who they are or what their lifestyle or what ethnic origin they are from. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 should explain all this and maybe this topic will be better understood. I really hope this was a helpful answer since this subject is not even debatable the law all the way to the supreme court would back me up on this.

Answer 5

I don't want to be seen as a p***k here but, I like the idea of promiting other races apart from whites that apply for new positions. This should not rectify past discrimination and should give no reson for anybody to run into the arms of the BNP.

Answer 6

I do not believe that discrimination of any kind is right and no, it will not rectify history.

I don't know if what you say is true. I can not imagine that any organization, except Farakhan's group, that would never promote an applicant simply because they were white.

The only way to rectify past discrimination is to never let it happen again. Nothing else will suffice.

Answer 7

I'm afraid that 'positive discrimination' is one of these good intentions which the road to hell is paved with. It does simply discriminate against white men and it seems in the future the race relations board and equal opportunities commission will be hit by a justifiable backlash. Positive discrimination gone mad also drives the disgruntled but naive into the arms of the BNP.

Answer 8

this is a tricky one, discrimination of any type is wrong people should get the job on ability and merrit, what is so annoying is the fact that why are UK and USA the only countries doing this type of thing, if you go to say South Africa there is more chance that a black guys gonna get the job cos the whites are in the minority thats not discrimination its just the fact of life and so it should be here.
What worries me is that for the sake of being politically correct are we getting people without the ability to really do the job?

Answer 9

No, it's not alright, but in some cases it's necessary. People should be chosen based on merit only, but in some cases there is a 'good-old boy' network that prevents people from obtaining a job regardless of their qualifications. The only way to get around this is to set discriminatory quotas. Bad, yes. However, there must be a time limit when imposing these discriminatory quotas.

Answer 10

The colour of the skin should make no difference, if your the right person for the job, then it should be offered to you. Unfortunately all these political correct @rse's are more afraid of being cause racists than promote the right people irrespective of the colour of their skin,which inevitable will mean we will all get a poorer service due to government and local council policies !