Posted on 01/08/2025 6:17:13 PM PST by God luvs America
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
Firefighting departments nationwide have tried to diversify their ranks for years. They have made only modest progress. Today, the profession remains overwhelmingly white and male. From member station KQED, Farida Jhabvala Romero reports on one program in California that's trying to change that.
FARIDA JHABVALA ROMERO, BYLINE: I first met Lupe Duran in 2017, just weeks after his home was destroyed by a massive wildfire in northern California. The 23-year-old welding student was overwhelmed with loss, sleeping on relatives' couches. But the disaster made Duran realize he didn't want to feel powerless against any fire.
LUPE DURAN: Well, it was the feeling of wanting to do more, wanting to actually help and give back to the community.
ROMERO: Today, he's well on his way to becoming a firefighter paramedic. He's enrolled in a unique program preparing people of color and women for careers in the fire service. It's called Fire Foundry, a nonprofit collaboration between Marin County and area universities.
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It is racist. Affirmative Action, a government creation, is by its nature racist.
“He’s enrolled in a unique program preparing people of color and women for careers in the fire service”
IOW it’s a bunch of vicious racists desperate to replace men they hate.
Just never call it discrimination. John Roberts certainly wouldn’t!
Please make sure to catch Adam Carolla on Hannity tonight. He talked about trying to get into the Los Angeles firefighters years ago, but they told him there was a seven year wait due DEI.
Sure enough they did call him back seven years later. He was in line next to a very diminutive girl waiting to take the test. He asked her how long she had been waiting since applying, and she said “since Wednesday”!
Not a white man to be found. Screw these racist sexist leftists!
Indeed. “What color must I be to participate?” The answer is of course “Any color; just not white.”
Everything touched by blue state vermin turns to sh%t.
At least one unit from our mostly white and male fire department just drove 400 miles from Arizona to help with the fires. Should they leave?
Yup. A midget. In the firefighting outfit. He was teaching a water safety/rescue course to other firemen at a local park, from the look of it.
Just look at Commiefornia.
When will this DEI nonsense end?
Confined space rescue?
Adam Carolla Applied To Be a Fireman In LA and Was Told To Wait 7 years To Test Because He Is White Rumble 1:05
Why would you want someone who can’t lift a hundred pounds?
Whew, LA got their fire department diverse and woke just in time. Just think how much worse these fires would have been without a bunch of S2LGBTQ BIPOCs to fight them.
Why would a white guy sign up for a job with low starting pay when there is no hope for advancement? The logic of DEI requires discrimination against white males.
I saw James Woods on Fox yesterday. He made a statement that will ruffle leftist feathers. He stated that the incompetency shown by CA’s leadership was an example of why there used to be tribunals that would met out extreme punishment to those convicted.
I am sure that even if some or all of the CA gubmint are brought to trial very few will be punished beyond a slap on the wrist.
The dead will receive no justice.
“I like a firefighter who can carry a 200 pound mayor.” - Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch
I don’t deny that I am sensitive to wokeness now-even a whiff of it is enough these days to cause me to cuss...at least internally.
“Please make sure to catch Adam Carolla on Hannity tonight. He talked about trying to get into the Los Angeles firefighters years ago, but they told him there was a seven year wait due DEI.”
I graduated from college in the late 80’s with three degrees- one in criminal justice. I wanted to join the FBI. The recruiter told me- exact quote- “You’re male, white and single. You’re at the bottom of the totem pole. You’ll never get hired.”
In hindsight it was a good thing.
Thank you for the link!
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