Only in the UK!!

[Gob]

Can you believe this?

A council has been accused of discrimination after white people were barred from applying for two £18,000-a-year jobs.

Bristol City has created the management training posts for graduates in an effort to recruit more minority employees.

As a result the council will only accept applications from ethnic minorities for the two-year placements.

But this has prompted criticism from white graduates struggling to find work.

Controversial: Bristol City Council has attracted criticism from white jobseekers who claim the management trainee posts are 'totally racist'

One jobseeker, who did not wish to be named, described the posts as 'totally racist'.

He said: 'I am a tolerant white person who has lived in Bristol for 27 years.

'I am searching for a job and stumbled across a job advertisement on Bristol City Council's website that I see as totally racist.

'I feel the job would be an excellent opportunity for me to make use of the skills and qualifications that I have acquired but, being white, I am excluded.

'Equal opportunities means giving everyone an equal chance to succeed rather than discriminating against people because of the colour of their skin.'

The two jobs are described on BCC's website as 'open to black and minority ethnic graduates' only, with applications closing on June 11.

The job description reads: 'We are looking for two enthusiastic graduates with a degree in any discipline to undertake a two-year management training programme at Bristol City Council.

'You should have a strong interest in the delivery of local public services, be able to take the initiative and have the confidence to relate to people at all levels within the Council.

'The traineeship will involve rotating placements in different services of the City Council where you will be where you will be given 'on the job' training and undertake projects including policy and research work.

'You will need to be flexible and able to learn quickly in changing environments. The successful candidates will be offered a postgraduate diploma in Management Studies, a tax free training allowance and mentoring and support throughout the traineeship.'

Bristol council has 9,000 members of staff, not including teachers, of which 630, or seven per cent, are from ethnic minorities.

Because 12 per cent of Bristol residents come from minority backgrounds the council has begun trying to redress this imbalance.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z0pjfdSh00

[loCAtek]

Oh yeah, it sucks to be white!

[Gob]

It's wrong to discriminate on grounds of skin colour, it leads to racism.

[tyro]

And here I am thinking that it starts from racism.

[Gob]

Not in posoitive discrimination!

It's meant to eliminate racism, by excluding white people for certain jobs etc...

See, that's not racist, and even if it is then it's good racism, and in any case the bastards deserve it.,..

[thestoat]

I can't see how discrimination can ever be positive

[Gob]

Bravo Stoat!

Concise, apposite and challenging!!

[dales]

I can't see how discrimination can ever be positive

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[dales]

As for the idea of the original topic.

We have this in the US, it's called "reverse discrimination".

In California, the university system has employed this tactic to assure space for hispanics and blacks at the expense of more qualified whites and asians. The university claims that the blacks and hispanics are "under reprented". Once admitted, many of them drop out due to the fact that they actually have to study and learn the material. Unlike high school where they were given 'social promotions' due to their ethnicity and an underlying idea of "low expectations" for the "disadvataged".

Meanwhile the other prospective high school students (who worked hard, took AP classes, and achieved high SAT scores) are shoved aside becuase they are the wrong racial mix. I call this a perncious evil which has gone on for far too long.It is only now that the UC system is thinking of perhaps, maybe, some day modifying this system. It is tied up in the courts. I believe at at the expense of "political correctness" the UC system is dragging its collective feet feeling the heat from pressure groups and race mongers. This is indeed a sad indictment on what was one the finest educational system in the world.

My nephew (who is a white anglo-saxon red head) will be applying to the UC System next year. He will be at a strict disadvantageunder the current discriminatory system. He has taken mostly AP classes, worked quite hard, and excells at mathematics and music. Will this be factored into his application status? If not, I hope he won't become too embittered if he gets the shaft trying to get into UC Berkeley, University of the Pacific, or another school of his choice.

[Gob]

university claims that the blacks and hispanics are "under reprented". Once admitted, many of them drop out due to the fact that they actually have to study and learn the material. Unlike high school where they were given 'social promotions' due to their ethnicity and an underlying idea of "low expectations" for the "disadvataged".

A self-defeating biased system, neat!