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Re:I do not like to hire minorities or women. by TimLangley on Monday October 04, 2010 @07:34AM (#1755315)
Possibly ;-)

Clearly condoning Racism/Sexism etc... in hiring can't ever be acceptable but there is a different perspective that could be applied here

You could argue that the poster is mitigating risk - because he perceives that there are opportunities (rightly or wrongly) in hiring certain minorities / sexes and therefore he believes that he's acting in his company's best interests by proactively screening them out

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Re:I do not like to hire minorities or women. by wccrawford on Monday October 04, 2010 @07:38AM (#1755326)
That's the same thing as racism. Every racist ever has told himself that he's 'mitigating risk for the company' by not hiring minorities.
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Re:I do not like to hire minorities or women. by petercooper on Monday October 04, 2010 @07:47AM (#1755344)
So are insurance companies who charge more to males "sexist" or to younger drivers "ageist"? Undoubtedly, there are some racist idiots hiding behind the policy of mitigating risk, but I can't believe some don't have reasonably logical, if tasteless, motivations.
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