Obama Library To Firms Vying To Build Library: Diversity Is Essential

DNAInfo ^ | August 31, 2017 | Sam Cholke

[2ndDivisionVet]

Wink, wink, don't worry about that veterans requirement, just the others.

[Caipirabob]

Diversity is essential for chaos to ensure we can never unite as a people. Burn in hell, lefties...but really, why wait?

[cgbg]

Contractors know the drill by now—put on the minority “beard” to get the contract, pay the “beard” a nice wad of cash to pretend they matter, and then carry on as normal.

[Cowboy Bob]

I think it would be a great idea to see the “Library” designed by black architects, and built by black engineers. No help from whitey.

[Biggirl]

Not surprised.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[kearnyirish2]

Yes; call it a “diversity tax”. There was wailing and gnashing of teeth here in NJ when they couldn’t find enough preferred minorities for heavy construction work on a large project; the contractors assured them there would be lighter work to follow (you know, the lines of blacks and women waving flags when you drive past a construction site - four or five of them doing what one white guy used to do).

Police departments here have gone from overlooking veterans to now casting aside Hispanic men as well; no shortage of qualified Hispanic men working as cops, and now they’re just taking set-aside jobs from blacks and women.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[Libloather]

...to give back to the community that has given so much to them.

The Husseins always looking to score even more free stuff.

[CommieCutter]

I’ve worked around Powers and Sons. The few times I’ve seen them they’ve been terrible but will more than meet the diversity requirements, if you get my drift.

[Unam Sanctam]

Don’t a lot of government contractors already have to do this?

[CivilWarguy]

“Diversity?”
Does that mean they’ll let the most underrepresented minority in Chicago—Republicans—apply?

[Dixie Yooper]

The Obama Foundation is asking the four construction teams vying to build the presidential center to set high standards for local and minority hiring, and to set low standards for quality, performance and management.

[Oldexpat]

This will be interesting. I guess when they are years behind and over budget there will be a fire to clean up the mess.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

LGBTQ-owned firms.

I guess one of Barry's bathhouse buddies owns a construction company.

[Alberta's Child]

I’m trying to figure out how anyone would verify an “LGBTQ-owned” firm. LOL.

[mowowie]

Does he mean actual white people added to the crews of mexican construction workers?

[Josa]

Yep. Local contractor has decided it’s more efficient to just pay the minority plumber to sit home and hire a qualified plumber to actually DO the work. Ultimately costs less than delays from having to redo the subpar work

[KSCITYBOY]

Which means he’ll have a crappy library to reflect his crappy term in office.

[jughandle]

We need a huge watchdog group to ensure no ethnic group is overrepresented in any phase of design and construction. What population percentages will he be going by, USA or world population? If he goes by U.S. population he is going to have a big problem since he’s excluding the rest of the world...