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- Subject: Re: Institutional racism
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.103018.1@milori.ccit.arizona.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:30:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.041033.18653@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Terry.Parks@launchpad.unc.edu (Terry Parks) writes:
- >> There are companies that are reluctant to hire blacks and practice
- >> discrimination.
- >
- > Then please name these mythical companies. I know of many companies that engage
- > in racial discrimination but all this discrimination is exclusively
- > directed against Caucasians.
- >
- Anheuiser Busch L.A., Ca. You should see how many black men work
- there. There used to be one, and I interviewed for his position. I saw his
- picture on the company hierachical chart. Do you need more?
-
- >> You would have to be a fool from hell to believe this type
- >> of hiring practice doesn't exist in America today.
- >
- > Then please name these mythical companies.
- I did.
- >
- >> If you had your way I
- >> would be a sitting duck believing that everything is fine in the U.S.A.
- >
- > No, as I mentioned, there is rampant racial discrimination.
- >
- Well if you agree that there is rampant racial discrimination, why do you
- have trouble believing that that discrimination doesn't seep into the
- workforce(i.e. hiring practices)?
-
- The first step to recovery is acceptance.
- > --
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