discrimination at work ?

[dmek25]

im with schneed on this. both parties were out of line. and saden, Goodyear has lots of money. sometimes that distorts the truth. but on the flip side, where i work just sent an e- mail to management, saying they are lagging in minority, and women hiring. isn't this kind of reverse discrimination? the one women they promoted, to a pretty high position, is definitely NOT qualified for the job

[saden1]

Originally Posted by dmek25

im with schneed on this. both parties were out of line. and saden, Goodyear has lots of money. sometimes that distorts the truth. but on the flip side, where i work just sent an e- mail to management, saying they are lagging in minority, and women hiring. isn't this kind of reverse discrimination? the one women they promoted, to a pretty high position, is definitely NOT qualified for the job

I suppose you would have to define what qualified means? Is it experience? Is it education? A combination of both? Personal qualities and likability? Truth is, and I have been guiltily of this myself, that people we can identify with appear more qualified psychologically.

The main problem in this country for minorities is that they're on a whole lagging in terms of both experience and education so right of the bat you're eliminating a large segment of minority population. Certainly there are qualified minorities out there but you have to look hard. Bottom line, at some point we have to break the vicious cycle where the next generation of minorities are still less qualified because they are getting substandard education.

As for the Goodyear case, the Supreme Court ruling was a complete travesty. You know, I have experienced pay discrimination first hand but it was something I had full knowledge of where as Lilly Ledbetter did not. I know, she's naive, still, it was willful discrimination. The ruling the high court came out with was one they pulled out of their asses, it certainly defies logic and reason. I really would have appricated and understood the ruling if they had just come out and said "we need to protect corprate america from descrimination lawsuits" or "we think the award is too much." It is not Justice they sew.