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My wife has been applying for jobs for over a year now after being laid off from a 10 year position with a large firm. She came across this this morning and I thought it worthy of discussion. I mean didn't Eric Holder tell us we need to have a discussion about race in this country?
1 posted on 10/24/2009 5:25:59 AM PDT by GregNH
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I’m looking for a new career. Maybe I’ll try being an “African American.”


2 posted on 10/24/2009 5:30:15 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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3 posted on 10/24/2009 5:30:47 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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So what is this anyhow. Stress on the affirmative action jobs?


4 posted on 10/24/2009 5:31:00 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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...that’s nice - I thought we were over this - I mean didn’t the country get slapped in the face and told we needed to move ahead and elect a black president - but color isn’t suppose to matter...

(note: I have an adopted daughter who’s mixed - so if someone is going to call me racist - don’t - because I’m not - I look at personality - and this web site has none)


5 posted on 10/24/2009 5:33:02 AM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com)
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I’m about 90% sure that I missed a job opportunity because I was the wrong color. Interestingly, I later found the position heavily promoted on Black Careers dot com.


6 posted on 10/24/2009 5:33:57 AM PDT by SampleMan (No one should die on a gov. waiting list., or go broke because the gov. has dictated their salary.)
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http://www.colorscareers.com/home.aspx


9 posted on 10/24/2009 5:38:33 AM PDT by right way right
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http://www.whitecareers.com/

This site is currently under construction.

Yeah, I bet. Probably under investigation...

10 posted on 10/24/2009 5:41:37 AM PDT by Dysart
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Apply for one of those jobs (if you are non-Black).

Get an interview.

Have their socks fall off when you walk in the door, as "White".

Go through the interview, get rejected.

File a class-action, racial discrimination suit against them. (Take a hidden camera, James and Hannah-style).

11 posted on 10/24/2009 5:42:13 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Election Nite 2010: The Difference beween "Yeahhh! We Did It!!!" and "Oh well. See you in the camps")
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I thought the civil rights movement was all about equality and having a place at the same table? Not a special table of their own.....where only they are allowed to sit and...........oh never mind. I’m a racist for even bringing this up according to Al Sharpton.


12 posted on 10/24/2009 5:42:51 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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Of course ... Careers for White Americans would be considered racist


13 posted on 10/24/2009 5:43:47 AM PDT by expatguy (Support "An American Expat in Southeast Asia" - DONATE)
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In a truly colorblind society, race-based crap .coms like that would be ridiculed out of existence.

And Eric Holder... what a freaking gem. I haven't figured out whether he makes a living by decrying racism while practicing it in his spare time, or if he makes a living by practicing racism while decrying it in his spare time.

Mr. niteowl77

22 posted on 10/24/2009 6:16:16 AM PDT by niteowl77 (You wanted him, and now you have got him. I say, "Good day to you," America.)
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It is of course illegal, but will never be investigated. However, any site called White Careers would be shut down in a second by the federal thought control police.


23 posted on 10/24/2009 6:18:07 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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If there was a jobs website for white people only they would be sued on day one.


24 posted on 10/24/2009 6:22:07 AM PDT by Reeses
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There are a lot of jobs on the street:

Thug Report

25 posted on 10/24/2009 6:37:47 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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I was laid off on august 28th from a defense company. If I had been a minority I would have already been employed. I've been told by now 6 hiring managers that minority hiring is what is being done...no ands ifs or buts. I'm trying not to be bitter about it...but when it comes down to getting hired, I'm at a distinct disadvantage, especially when most companies require now that you fill out the EEOC questionairs as part of your application process.

So as a test, on 5 jobs I have applied for, I didn't fill out the EEOC paperwork. I got calls back on all 5...3 of them to ask if I would fill out the paperwork...the other 2 called for a phone interview...then dropped all conversation after my race was discovered.

It's a hard place in jobland right now folks...and it's not getting better

27 posted on 10/24/2009 6:49:07 AM PDT by Explodo (Pessimism is simply pattern recognition)
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Cops: Teacher accused of stabbing baby had sex with student


35 posted on 10/24/2009 7:13:09 AM PDT by blam
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What is a “Black Job”? “Ho”, “Pimp”, “Thug”, “Dealer”, “ACORN representative”...?


39 posted on 10/24/2009 7:43:50 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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Does it redirect to www.whitehouse.gov?


41 posted on 10/24/2009 7:52:33 AM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
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I wonder if there are any “Green” jobs there?


44 posted on 10/24/2009 8:12:52 AM PDT by hifidelity
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Geez, had I know that African American had a career path, I would’ve made smarter choices. LOL


45 posted on 10/24/2009 8:52:06 AM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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