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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not racist to acknowledge that the government has hiring preferences for minorities. My husband, who has been a senior government employee, has been told multiple times that positions are reserved for women and minorities. Luckily, he is in the private sector and thriving well. When the government people contact him asking for suggestions for possible appointees, though, they now almost always specify they are seeking women and minorities. I am all for diversity, but this has really gone too far.[/quote]

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I am a federal employee (caucasian) and have worked for the Federal Government for twenty years.   When we needed a new professional in my unit, we were always told first to look for a minority.  Well, that was fine, but in my very specialized field, there aren't that many who applied for the jobs open.

I have also noted that when a problem employee, who is a minority (AA in both cases in my iexperience) is disruptive and/or a poor performer (drugging and getting drunk at work, leaves for very lengthy periods of time during the day leaving the work undone), we are encouraged NOT to take action.  Essentially, I was told "don't go there" because the agency didn't want to deal with any sort of charge of discrimination.  So, the offender was just allowed to continue the poor work habits and destructive behavior in the unit.  Very demoralizing.

[b]Does being a minority under the  EEO laws give you the right to act like a fool?  [/b]

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This happens across the board. Your experience just happens to be two AAs.  Please don't act as though Blacks are the only poor performers and the only ones who allege discriminatory and hostile work environments.  I have had to entertain and defend EEO cases filed by a white man who claimed his white supervisors discriminated against him because of his  national origin (Italian). I've had a complaint involving a white woman who once disciplined  complained of sex and age discrimination.  An American born Black man who complained that his Black supervisor only promoted Black Caribbean Americans. An Indian American man who alleged discrimination because of his race and national origin. He could not get promoted to a  supervisory position because clients had a difficult time communicating with him.

The way your office handled poor performance is indicative of how ineffective the office operates.  I am sure the two individuals you singled out were not the only poor performers. But, interesting enough, they are the only two you noticed. [/quote]

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