I heard on the
radio on the way into work that
Ford's plant in
Dagenham,
England will have to raise quotas of
Ethnic Minorities that they employ.
What the hell?
I am not in the slightest bit
prejudiced about race,
gender,
sexual preference, age or anything else that I have encountered in life so far. I thought I would make this clear so that people don't immediately assume that since I mention
race relations in a negative way, that I am. I am not a bigot.
Let's consider this: If someone was turned down from a job which they otherwise would have been the best candidate for because of the colour of their skin, this would be
wrong. Unless their skin is white, and the person who got the job isn't. In such a case it could well be concievable that the company was making sure they had the right percentages of
ethnic minorities to satisfy some
public watchdog that monitors these things.
My point to this is that people should be employed on
merit, not colour of skin, and that should not factor into the decision at all. To do so would be to
discriminate against them for something which is their
birthright, and no matter what the colour of their skin this is wrong.