Quote Originally Posted by nelson9995 View Post
good point


I can agree to this from observations I've made in some of my black friend's families. And I never understood why they feel like that because everyone around them treats them the same exact way they treat me and I'm hispanic (dominican), and treats them the same way they treat our white friend. In my eyes, and everyone around me blacks/hispanics/whites, etc... are all the same. So I don't understand why certain races do that.



You are right with some points, but I have to disagree with you in some.

I applied at Verizon a few years back. Went on an interview. As I got there, I see a white friend I knew from before was there getting interviewed also. He was still in highschool. I was in college. I had an open schedule, he was limited to the hours he could work. I am bilingual (with 2 years of experience as a workers comp interpreter), he is not. I had a high GPA, no criminal background, nothing. I am also really good at interviewing, and I felt like it went well.

Turns out, he got the job. There are situations when things like this do occur. But, it is not too common. The same way if let's say you are Jamaican. You own a company and a jamaican applies, and a white guy does. You like both, but you will probably hire the jamaican just because you guys are a minority and you may feel like helping your own kind out... But again, it is not too common.
it goes both ways..... and that type of favoritism isnt just a racial issue. An attractive female will almost always get a job over an equally qualified male. A fit person will usually get a job over an equally qualified fat person. There's a lot of different appearance factors that people show bias towards in the job market. It's not just a racial issue.

My only issue with the whole concept is that i dont feel black people have a problem with the "system" per say, but they have a problem with being on the losing end of the system. They dont want to rid the work place of racial bias, but rather to even the odds of racial bias.

I myself am all in favor of having gender and race removed from any application process. But it has to go both ways..... in the same breath we cant have all black schools and then demand for other schools to not recognize race. I feel like we're stuck in a stand off, but rather than agreeing to both lower our guns... one side is saying "let me keep my gun on you for a little while since you had yours on me for so long".... and that just isnt gonna work.