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Will the FDNY bypass the best firefighters to meet its diversity goals?
https://nypost.com/ ^ | 2/11/18

Posted on 02/12/2018 2:31:53 PM PST by BBell

Edited on 02/12/2018 5:25:37 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

If Fire Commissioner Dan Nigro meets goals he announced at a City Council hearing last week, more than half the city

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: diversity; fdny; firefighters
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So only 13 percent of the applicants were female last year and they want 15 percent female fire fighters by 2029. I would say the odds are good if you are a female that you will get hired on quite easily. The article goes on to say that Dan Nigro will not call his diversity goals "quotas".
1 posted on 02/12/2018 2:31:54 PM PST by BBell
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To: BBell

I thought everybody was equal?


2 posted on 02/12/2018 2:33:30 PM PST by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: EnglishOnly

Some animals are more equal than others.


3 posted on 02/12/2018 2:35:19 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: BBell

Put down on the application that you identify as a black, female, lesbian Muslim.


4 posted on 02/12/2018 2:36:22 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: BBell

>>The article goes on to say that Dan Nigro will not call his diversity goals “quotas”.<<

It is impossible for me to be the first to note the irony of his name.


5 posted on 02/12/2018 2:36:56 PM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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To: BBell

They already skimmed down the written rest because minority men complained it was racist.


6 posted on 02/12/2018 2:37:45 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: BBell

Then when they reach their affirmative action goals, they’ll find for some mysterious reason they have to send more people to each fire to get the job done, so then they’ll hire even more minorities and women. Makes perfect sense.


7 posted on 02/12/2018 2:40:42 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: BBell
"Will the FDNY bypass the best firefighters to meet its diversity goals?

The answer is an unqualified yes.

That is the whole point of "diversity", to promote or hire based on skin color or sex, because the advocates of that approach feel that the value in having people of different backgrounds brings more value than having objective tests that quantify who the best candidates are.

Which is patently false. There is no value inherent in having people from every race, creed, ethnicity, and sex in any given job. None.

So the answer is yes, they will bypass the best firefighters to meet their diversity goals.

8 posted on 02/12/2018 2:46:01 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Rusty0604

Will the FDNY bypass the best firefighters to meet its diversity goals? YES, by definition.


9 posted on 02/12/2018 2:46:09 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: BBell

Yes, next...


10 posted on 02/12/2018 2:46:33 PM PST by EEGator
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To: freedumb2003

11 posted on 02/12/2018 2:48:41 PM PST by EEGator
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To: BBell

Since there is no scientific test administered to determine race, applicants should all just claim to be a minority, whether they are or not.


12 posted on 02/12/2018 2:49:17 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Yes.

As others have noted this runs into the self-identification buzzsaw.

Simply self-identify as a black female. Muslim for extra points.


13 posted on 02/12/2018 2:51:29 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Drew68

I agree———and when the next census is taken every single citizen of the USA should identify as a “preferred” minority.

This insanity has got to stop.

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14 posted on 02/12/2018 2:59:21 PM PST by Mears
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To: BBell

Yep. It’s all about diversity not ability. Let’s see what happens when some liberal lawmaker’s house is on fire and the diversity crew shows up. It’d be just like a Three Stooges movie.


15 posted on 02/12/2018 3:05:06 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Mears

So if you live in a white neighborhood the fire dept won’t show up?


16 posted on 02/12/2018 3:05:11 PM PST by oldasrocks (rump)
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“So if you live in a white neighborhood the fire dept won’t show up?”


It will be considered a “no go” zone./s

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17 posted on 02/12/2018 3:07:21 PM PST by Mears
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That’s fine — but will they be able to put out.....

I'm gonna go with a yes there

18 posted on 02/12/2018 3:07:27 PM PST by onona
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To: oldasrocks

“Diversity” has become a dirty word. Applicants for such positions should NEVER be given a priority based on race, either they meet the standard requirements or they don’t.


19 posted on 02/12/2018 3:16:22 PM PST by DaveA37
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Chourline Holder and Michael (tragic) johnson....Affirmative action firefighters..
Neither one can do the job..Both are hired..

Antoinette Frank..Affirmative action cop...Kills father,white male partner and 2 restaurant owners..Cops told she was psycho,didn’t care..Was a two-fer for diversity..

Kevin Gaines...LA black cop shoots white motorist in road rage..White motorist kills cop..White guy is cop,too....Kevin Gaines family gets millions from city,white cop,Frank Lyga,hung out to dry by city ...

Killer King hospital run by black nurses and doctors shut down after Edith Rodriguez dies in their waiting room...Vomits blood,cops called to arrest her,has heart attack as cops haul her away,dies in waiting room..

Affirmative action gives jobs to minority groups and women who can’t do the job but love the perks....


20 posted on 02/12/2018 3:17:00 PM PST by Hambone 1934
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