Race & Ethnicity

alp227

(32,459 posts) Fri Mar 8, 2013, 08:52 PM Mar 2013

How do I response to a white friend's tweet about colorblind hiring?

I (an Asian-American) just found this from a friend's twitter: "The fact business, government, and law enforcement still hires by race or gender is pathetic...If you can do the job well and in a professional manner, then you are right for the job."

I don't quite know how to respond to this. He's slightly conservative too. How do I articulate how race/diversity matter in the workplace without asserting that it's discriminatory to do so?

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How do I response to a white friend's tweet about colorblind hiring? (Original Post) alp227 Mar 2013 OP

do not bother imo If the person is tweeting this they already have a strong opinion and they want lunasun Mar 2013 #1

Often times, I think conservatives want to live like ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #2

You could say only a racist would say something like that. But on the other hand southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #3

both sides of the coin need to be addressed. TimberValley Mar 2013 #4

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

1. do not bother imo If the person is tweeting this they already have a strong opinion and they want

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 08:59 PM

Mar 2013

everyone to know it!

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

2. Often times, I think conservatives want to live like

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 09:04 PM

Mar 2013

we live in an ideal world without actually creating an ideal world.

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)

3. You could say only a racist would say something like that. But on the other hand

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 09:26 PM

Mar 2013

let it go. Sometimes you just can't reason with stupid. I will tell you in the long run "silence is golden". That speaks volumes. You are right of course that diversity is the spice of life. I can't image my life with just one boring group of people.

TimberValley

(318 posts)

4. both sides of the coin need to be addressed.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 01:05 PM

Mar 2013

while you can't have a workplace that is all-white (or all-Asian, or all-black, or all-Hispanic, for that matter,) an employer also shouldn't hire a less-qualified minority applicant over a more-qualified white applicant for the sole reason that the minority is of a minority race.

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