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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by polski-g on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @08:07PM (#42957675)
Using race as a metric in your hiring decisions, for any reason at all, is illegal. You simply cannot do it. Not as a tie breaking point, not a plus factor-- nothing at all.

The law is crystal clear on this:

https://x.com/andrealucasEEOC/status/1752006517761421719?t=v...

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by lazide on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:28AM (#42963970)
Yet it is impossible to implement Affirmative Action without discriminating based on race.

And no one is going to care if some farmer won’t hire white people for his farm.

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by frugalmail on Friday February 07, 2025 @08:20PM (#42979424)
Affirmative Action is racisim. If you don't believe it, find the FAA people (or college students, law enforcement, numerous other recent cases) that were more qualified and excluded and ask them.
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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by brookst on Saturday February 08, 2025 @10:46AM (#42983692)
Affirmative action is racism. So is the lack of affirmative action.

Turns out this is a complex topic. Anyone pushing a simplistic viewpoint either doesn’t understand the topic or has ulterior motives.

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by lazide on Sunday February 09, 2025 @06:44AM (#42990058)
So what is the answer? Because racism in hiring is illegal.
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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by frugalmail on Monday February 17, 2025 @01:45AM (#43075943)
What I said is based on the 14th amendment, as part of the highest law of the land.

Perhaps anyone pushing doubt with ZERO substance behind their claim has ulterior motives.

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