Olympic recruiting racism?
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I was astounded when I read this on the London Olympic website recruiting page. Why bring the subject up at all? Just treat all applicants as equal and then see what they can offer in the way of qualifications and experience. The best person for the job gets it.
Why do they want to know what colour you are, if you're gay, disabled, jew, Christian or Muslim etc etc? WTF has it got to do with them? It looks to me that they will use this information to select applicants (why have it otherwise?) and they are looking to favour these groups?
Isn't that illegal? Racist and bigoted?
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Why do they want to know what colour you are, if you're gay, disabled, jew, Christian or Muslim etc etc? WTF has it got to do with them? It looks to me that they will use this information to select applicants (why have it otherwise?) and they are looking to favour these groups?
Isn't that illegal? Racist and bigoted?
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So it would seem.
I like the way they ask peoples sexual preference and if they were even transgender!
One could almost think that they were up to something more sinister!
looks like I won't be getting a job with them then.
Mind you, it would be interesting to see what would happen if I said I was a transgender but sometimes gay, disabled, jewish Pakistani from Bangladesh, with TB, possibly AIDS, a criminal record and 70 years old.
I like the way they ask peoples sexual preference and if they were even transgender!
One could almost think that they were up to something more sinister!
looks like I won't be getting a job with them then.
Mind you, it would be interesting to see what would happen if I said I was a transgender but sometimes gay, disabled, jewish Pakistani from Bangladesh, with TB, possibly AIDS, a criminal record and 70 years old.
Edited by armynick on Friday 31st December 18:08
Sticks. said:
armynick said:
I was astounded when I read this on the London Olympic website recruiting page. Why bring the subject up at all? Just treat all applicants as equal and then see what they can offer in the way of qualifications and experience. The best person for the job gets it.
Why do they want to know what colour you are, if you're gay, disabled, jew, Christian or Muslim etc etc? WTF has it got to do with them?
They monitor it so that they can demonstrate afterward that they weren't biased in any respect, or excluding people because of colour, race, disability etc, that's all.Why do they want to know what colour you are, if you're gay, disabled, jew, Christian or Muslim etc etc? WTF has it got to do with them?
I think it's way over the top and totaly ridiculous. Another example of how pathetic and namby pamby British society is.
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