LOL, it'd be funny if it weren't so scary close to the truth...
Posted on 04/05/2013 7:05:29 PM PDT by John Semmens
While taking some flak for doing so, City of Phoenix officials are standing by their decision to accept non-swimming minorities as pool lifeguards.
“The problem with requiring swimming proficiency as a condition of employment is that minorities would be under-represented among those we hire,” City Parks and Recreation Administrator Alfredo Zote observed. “The Mayor has asked us to strive for a workforce that mirrors the composition of the City’s population. We can’t do that if we impose qualifications that have a disproportionate impact on any racial or ethnic groups.”
As to whether the ability to swim might not be a crucial skill in the performance of the job, Zote demurred. “Few of the annual drownings that occur in our state are at public pools,” he pointed out. “And we can team the non-swimming minority hire with a strong-swimming white hiree. That way the non-swimmer can help spot a potential drowning victim and direct the swimmer to rescue him.”
While Zote acknowledged that he had no idea on whether the new policy would have any negative consequences for the safety of visitors to any of the City’s 23 public pools he did ask that “critics balance any undesired outcomes at the pools with the social gains of our minority hiring policy. Providing employment for disfavored groups is not without its benefits. Whether their gains in self-esteem outweigh losses in terms of injury or fatalities at our sites is, in my opinion, a judgment call.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2013/04/05/administration-touts-obamacare-as-jobs-engine/
ping
It’s a good thing humans usually float.
Another satire article that could easily be true.
After they are dead.
And sadly, it's completely believeable, John.
You caught me this time, John, and I always catch satire. It’s too good not to be true!
Another satire article that could easily be true.
I actually thought this was true and just shrugged.
It’s hard to tell the difference between satire and truth these days.
We all float down here.
I wasn’t being time specific. :)
;-)
Always a giveaway that it's satire!
Hahahahahaha!
You are so right would anyone be surprised if it was true?
LOL, it'd be funny if it weren't so scary close to the truth...
non-swimming minorities
aka anchors
What? Only the whites can swim? There are no strong minority swimmers? Or is he just being racist?
“Another satire article that could easily be true.”
Not could easily be true, IT IS TRUE. Check out this.
All of John’s satires are at their essence true, just stretched a bit.
Everybody knows that blacks cannot swim.
Dang, you did get me. I usually get the satire threads as satire but this one sounded so real. I can imagine them saying things like that.
White guys can’t jump, black guys can’t swim. Sounds fair to me.
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