Well why don't blacks start their own companies then? They can choose who they hire. Nobody is holding them back. There has to be one Gates, Dell, or Ford out there. Don't blacks have a little pride? Why do they want to go work for a white owned company anyway - since they hate whites so much. Have a little dignity and start your own business.
The best thing that can happen to blacks is for affirmative action to go away so they can be successful on their own. If they are truly qualified I am sure they will excel. They've been able to excel in sports and entertainment so there is no reason why they can't in other field. But they have to get in line like everyone else and earn their way to the top.
Jag, you are not doing blacks any favor by advocating hiring practices based on race.
I think you need to stop playing the pre-recorded tape that's apparently running through your head, and re-read what I typed previously. my post was not advocating that people be hired based on race, nor was it advocating affirmative action. It simply stated that there is nothing wrong with casting a wider net in order to become a more inclusive company. Diversity & inclusiveness only makes for a better, stronger & more competitive company.
Let me put it this way.
If I was casting a movie, and it needed a femme fatale, a heart throb, and a little child, I could cast my chubby 55yr old neighbour as the femme fatale, she's close by and of all the candidates I've seen so far, she's the only woman and therefore the most qualified for the job... not that she's the most fvckable, ...but she's all there is.
I could also cast Warren Beatty as the heart throb. I know he isn't what he used to be during his "Shampoo" days. Now he's married with a boatload of kids which doesn't exactly make him the sexiest heart throb out there. it might work for Brad Pitt, but it's not quite as fetching on Warren. still... he's all we have because I haven't looked very far. Just went to the usual suspects so to speak. As for the little kid, heck... we'll just take Jonathon Winters and dress him up in a little kiddie outfit, and stick him in an oversized rocking chair....
...or I can cast a really wide net, making sure to look at minorities & women... and I might stumble across a Halle Berry. Would she be cast as the femme fatale because she's Black? nope, she'd be getting the job because she's hotter than my fat 55 yr old neighbour... aka the best candidate for the job.
My wider net would allow me to come across Boris Kodjoe. If you don't know who Boris Kodjoe is... you better find out. Is he more of a heart throb than Warren Beatty? You better believe it! Did he get the job because he's black? nope... he got it because he's sexy as heck... waaaay sexier than Beatty and out of the candidates seen was most qualified to portray the heartthrob.
As for the child, I could cast Rico Rodriguez (the kid who plays Manny Delgado on Modern Family).
Did he get the job because he's hispanic? No. I named him because Jonathon Winters doesn't look as cute all dressed up in a dress with frilly panties, not now that he's pushing 85. Dakota Fanning is all grown up, so are the Olsen twins, Abigail Breslin is 14 already, and Jonathon Lipnicki the cute little guy from Jerry Maguire is already 20 yrs old.
Out of all those candidates, Rico was the closest thing to being a kid. He was the best candidate for the job. He also happens to be hispanic? BONUS! We got the best candidate, AND increased our diversity.
I could have taken the lazy approach and done the same thing I'd been doing for years, hiring the same old tired usual suspects, and produce a crappy movie not worth the price of admission, ...or I could cast a wider net, increase my diversity & inclusiveness to find the best candidates for the job, and hire a cast of characters that at least stand a chance of breathing life into the script.
Do you get it now? ...or do you still insist that proactive measures to cast a wider net are nothing more than race based quotas and displays of hostility against whites?
