Everyone discriminates, it's in our nature. We are more likely to trust people of our own race and to an extent, gender. Organisations discriminate due to the need to be competitive.
Discrimination is illegal (in the UK anyway).
Today the BBC reported that to counter accusations of ageism...they would actively aim to recruit older people.
In other words, they will counter ageist discrimination with ageist discrimination. Does one put out a fire by pouring fire onto it?
No.
I find it kinda silly that in response to discrimination organisations feel forced to employ a "token system" where they actively discriminate in order to comply with discrimination laws - even though they may have not discriminated in the first place.
Most businesses will employ people based on merit, their CV, if they can do the job better than someone else (ironically, this is technically a kind of discrimination). Unfortunately, the discrimination laws mean that it actually forces businesses and people to discriminate.
Just a thought, but I think our politicians should act with a bit of common sense sometimes. These discrimination laws appear to be causing more discrimination, rather than preventing it. Heck, the Police Service (not force as thats too "aggressive" and politically incorrect now) actively seeks to recruit from ethnic minorities and, for example, lesbians in order to "balance the books."
Who the hell made up this law? Nutters...
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