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Obama orders new plan to diversify federal workers
Associated Press ^ | August 18, 2011 | SUZANNE GAMBOA

Posted on 08/18/2011 2:21:45 PM PDT by reaganaut1

President Barack Obama has signed an executive order directing the federal government to design a new strategy for hiring, promoting and keeping workers of diverse backgrounds. The three-page order released Thursday directs the head of the Office of Personnel Management, a deputy director at the Office of Management and Budget and two other agencies to develop the strategy within 90 days. Agencies then have 120 days to implement it. An Office of Personnel Management report says that in fiscal year 2010, the federal workforce was 66.2 percent white, 17.7 percent black, 8 percent Hispanic, 5.6 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.8 percent Native American. It was 56.1 percent male.

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To: maine-iac7

“Diversity” = “Anybody but the white guy”

I think we have some very fundamental human rights issues here, like “equal treatment under the law”.


81 posted on 08/18/2011 3:50:06 PM PDT by icanhasbailout
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To: forgotten man

“if I don’t have to prove it.”

I don’t see the problem. Just say you’re a lesbian in a man’s body, attracted to whatever kind of women you’re actually attracted to.


82 posted on 08/18/2011 3:52:00 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: MNDude

Ha—good point!


83 posted on 08/18/2011 3:52:18 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: reaganaut1

Looks like black is over represented. Obama will need to fix that.


84 posted on 08/18/2011 3:52:53 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: reaganaut1

Lying as usual. Every government office I have seen has hardly any white people. He knows that.


85 posted on 08/18/2011 3:54:56 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: reaganaut1

Somehow I have a feeling this plan for diversification doesn’t involve any layoffs, but lots more hiring of people to do no work other than the filling of quotas.


86 posted on 08/18/2011 3:55:48 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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87 posted on 08/18/2011 3:59:51 PM PDT by devolve (If my graphics offend you/HLS scroll down - If too large simply carefully back away from your PC)
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To: mamelukesabre

Grow a ponytail, get a suntan, wear a brown suede jacket, and call yourself native american. why not? you were born here weren’t you?

Russell Means, in one of his more lucid moments, said that he objects to the term Native American as designating a special interest group. Anyone born here in the US is a Native American.


88 posted on 08/18/2011 4:04:15 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (FUBO, the No Talent Pop Star pResident.)
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To: ottbmare

Go to the Atlanta airport. Walking thru two terminals I did not see a single non-black working anywhere except the airlines.


89 posted on 08/18/2011 4:06:15 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: mamelukesabre

Aint that the truth. Wait untill the feds let the blacks in on the secret. Blacks will only get 12% of jobs while illegals and their spawn get over 30%


90 posted on 08/18/2011 4:06:34 PM PDT by winodog
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To: reaganaut1
They better fire some black males to get these numbers in line.
91 posted on 08/18/2011 4:12:38 PM PDT by Shqipo (I am the unofficial originator of the Mega-Bump! Only use judiciously.)
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To: reaganaut1

By diverse, Obama means non-White. If the work force in a given area were all Black, it would be considered 100 percent diverse.


92 posted on 08/18/2011 4:13:27 PM PDT by BUGSWOL
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To: reaganaut1
Just what we need, more racial quotas.

HEAR, HEAR!

I demand intellectual quotas!

I demand that at least 50% of the Federal workforce be ABOVE average intelligence!

That may not be possible right away, given the type of people who seek Federal jobs, but it is a worthy goal nonetheless.

93 posted on 08/18/2011 4:15:17 PM PDT by HKMk23 (YHVH NEVER PLAYS DEFENSE)
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To: tgusa
Wait, what about the LGBT crowd? Don’t they count?

Why, yes they do. You'll find them all at the sandwich bar along with the PB&J crowd.

94 posted on 08/18/2011 4:17:57 PM PDT by HKMk23 (YHVH NEVER PLAYS DEFENSE)
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To: PieterCasparzen
...the Feral gov’t.

Ain't THAT God's Honest Truth!

95 posted on 08/18/2011 4:19:30 PM PDT by HKMk23 (YHVH NEVER PLAYS DEFENSE)
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To: reaganaut1
executive order directing the federal government to design a new strategy for hiring, promoting and keeping workers of diverse backgrounds.

This quota stuff should go before the Supreme Court. We have equal protection under the law in this country. No man or woman should be first in line for a job because of their skin color. Every color has a civil right to those jobs based on their skill level - their inside.

96 posted on 08/18/2011 4:24:53 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: ottbmare; Reznap

Diversity is just a liberal code word for non-whites. Ever hear anyone say Detroit wasn’t diverse enough.


97 posted on 08/18/2011 4:38:48 PM PDT by BUGSWOL
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To: reaganaut1

Suddenly an urgent 90 day plan to diversify the workforce, 2 1/2 years into his term. In other words, they were going down their interest group lists for 2012 - making sure everyone got something - and black leaders were still unhappy.


98 posted on 08/18/2011 4:46:58 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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To: Williams
Is there any reason on Earth to think the Federal Government discriminates against its workers? Is it known for being a white male racist clique?

Fun Fact: The federal civil service was integrated at the beginning of the last century, until a new President came in and reimposed segregation.

Question: Name this President.
Question: Name this President's party.

99 posted on 08/18/2011 5:19:50 PM PDT by HerbieHoover
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To: forgotten man
“Wait, what about the LGBT crowd? Don’t they count?”
I would check that box if it would help me get a job, and if I don’t have to prove it.

In college, some of the straight girls would kiss and cuddle to get the guys all hot and bothered. Who knew this skill would turn out to be useful in the real world?

100 posted on 08/18/2011 5:21:39 PM PDT by HerbieHoover
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