So I'm looking for a job and I've seen a lot of stuff about Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. Are you a "Diversity Candidate"? I want to point out the blatant irony of the current situation in America when it comes to employment.
EEO/AA is something that has been implemented to stop (presumably white) employers from discriminating against minorities when they hire. I'm sure the idea is to stop all discrimination based on race but come on... do you really think that there is a company out there somewhere that is actively looking for white people so that they don't get accused of discriminating? So here's the situation.
Company ABC corp gets the memo that they can't be hiring based on race or gender and that they need to prove that they aren't by showing a diverse workforce. If they cant show this they get fines and warnings and get called white power, racist, skinheads. So what do they do?
Mr. Burns: Smithers I'm worried that people are going to think we hire based on race and gender... what can we do to prove that we don't! I don't wanna get fined!
Smithers: Well sir, we need to hire some minorities and make sure that at least 30% of our workforce is something other than white. That way we will for sure be able to show how diverse we are!
Mr. Burns: Excellent idea Smithers. Go out there and make sure that people know we are actively seeking to hire "Diversity candidates".
Smithers: Right away sir! But don't you find it odd that in order to prove to people that we aren't hiring based on race or gender, our plan is... to... hire... based on... race... and gender??
Mr. Burns: Don't think so much Smithers.
Now before you all start calling me a skin head... I know full well that white males still have it better and blah blah blah.... but I just can't help but laugh at the irony of EEO/AA.
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