2009-02-20 DM: Police race quotas are axed

[rähmis]

Rasismin vastainen taistelu etenee Britanniassa!

Police are to scrap controversial race 'diversity' targets that made it harder for white men to win jobs. The decision could end the positive discrimination which has seen ethnic minority applicants selected where white rivals were at least as well qualified.

Forces were told to recruit ethnic minority officers in direct proportion to the make-up of their local community. The targets, dictated by Whitehall, left many forces under severe pressure to employ thousands of black and other minority groups as soon as possible.

Some overstepped the mark into positive discrimination. Gloucestershire Police even went to the extent of 'deselecting' more than 100 potential recruits purely because they were white.

Daily Mail

Pitäisi varmaan lähettää linkki Tarja Cronbergille.

[Alkuasukas]

positive discrimination

"Positiivinen syrjintä" on sananakin sellainen oxymorooni että tavallisella ihmisellä menee synapsit solmuun.

[Dark Serenity]

Njoo, discrimination on ennemminkin nyansseiltaan tarkoittanut erottelua, kun taas syrjintä sisältää jo negatiivisen teon määritteen.