1. I’d like to know where you see daily reverse discrimination because it is illegal. I know that there was a time long ago when government was simplistic about how they implemented affirmative action efforts. But the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission itself has held government agencies to hiring without discrimination and has taken action when reverse discrimination occurs, whether it involve sex, race, age, religion. I know of related actions and how goverment agencies have had to change their equal opportunity efforts to involve better recruitment instead of illegal selection by age, race, sex, or whatever inequality they were trying to balance.

I’m sure some reverse discrimination occurs but a lot less that folks like to claim. Systematic, open reverse discrimination is hard to get away with these days.

2. As a counter question: How often do you still hear that someone got their job or promotion because they were a minority? I still hear it frequently. To me, it’s evidence that we still need some kind of fair, legally sound affirmative action, if only on our brains and souls. Too many people still assume that a minority employee could not have gotten their job solely because of their credentials, experience, and merit. Sure, many minority employees are not perfect employees, but that is true of all of us employees.

“Discrimination” is equally bad, no matter who it happens to

That is your point of view on my statement. I totally agree that discrimination sucks no matter if your a woman, a native american, a handicapped person ect…. I just say that because the color of your skin is light doesn’t mean that is doesn’t happen as well.

– John Stuart Mill

Hmm: but how does this bear on blog moderation policies…?

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