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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 experience) 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.

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

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That's not the law -- that's the weak ass management. I see this with folks of every color in a lot of private sector jobs. A lot of HR folk do not want to be bothered with firing anybody, dealing with any sort of "problem" employee. It's across the board, it just so happens in your case they use race as the excuse.[/quote]

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