[rogerhb]

If I have two options, one is better for me and the other is worse for me as an individual which am I going to choose?

An employer does not employ machines, he employs people with foibles, problems, gripes, greivances, hopes, ambitions etc. Am I going to employ somebody I have more empathy with rather than somebody who may be equally qualified but I know less about?

The employer has a business to run, he is not paid to be a social service.

[Daculling]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '
')The employer has a business to run, he is not paid to be a social service.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ElijahJones', 'I') wanted to say that claming well this is how people are as a justification for what they do is specious also.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ElijahJones', 'I') like your choice of pronouns there 'he'.

[katkinkate]

I agree that reverse discrimination (ie. preferential hiring of 'minorities') is still discrimination and inherently negative. However in the case of the earlier overwhelming dominance of white males in all the positions of authority in western civilization, I see a period of reverse discrimination could be useful to get some of the minorities into the positions of power to show the world that they are capable of doing the jobs just as well as the white males. Personally, I think that the period of reverse discrimination should be time limited and then slowly phased out.

What I would really like to see is an anonymous system of analysis of job and course applications be implemented across government, universities and big business, so that the applicants are chosen for qualifications and experience first, while the people screening the applicants are blinded to the applicants personal and group identity. The applicants could be shortlisted anonymously and an interview with a panel only given to the shortlisted group - if interviews are still considered necessary. That way at least they'll be choosing from the best of the applicants irrespective of their 'status' in society.