A few thoughts on rascism / affirmative action

[ShakeZula06]

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Did it ever occur to you that maybe 5 white people might be easier working with a white guy then a black guy because of people like you running around saying it'll be uncomfortable? More comfortable working with people that share the same ancestory? Why is that not something that comes to my head when Im talking to someone? "hm, he doesn't have Irish and German grandmother, only italian and puertica rican, now it'll just be to awkward."


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My observations are that the shorter and less significant the interaction, the less it matters what someone's ancestry is.

Of course I could do a business transaction or even have a business partnership with anyone of any background, and the differences wouldn't matter. But if you identify closely with your job and view your colleagues as an extended family of sorts, then it could make a difference.

Some people insist on having family businesses and excluding everyone who is non-family. I suppose you don't see a problem in that, right? Others accept all comers. This is the modern norm so that can't be bad either. What's wrong philosophically with drawing the line somewhere in between? What if race is not specifically mentioned but I only hire people I like and they happen to be mostly white? Would I be doing something wrong? If so, then why can't I choose people I like to work with for whatever reason I want?

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been a while since I've been a the politics forum, so even though you said this a while a go here's a my reply-

As others including you have already advocated, I think you should have the right to hire whoever you choose to hire, sa I have posted in other threads, most recently one concerning hiring illegals.

You have took my arguement that it may only be uncomfortable having biracial working conditions b/c people like you are running around saying that common heritage and dialect is best, and changed it. You say in return that I should be allowed to hire who I want (basically) and I agree, however it doesn't address my arguement.

I see nothing uncomfortable about working with opposing races, and I don't see why it would be (assuming you can speak the same language of course) and I don't see why anyone couldn't work just as effiecient as with his one color/culture etc. Can you fill me in as why?

As I said this is just addressing why it would be uncomfortable working with the opposite race, not whether you should be allowed to hire who you want based on whatever standards you want to.