Knesset Preparing 'Corrective Discrimination' of Ethiopians

Arutz Sheva ^ | 22/1/12 | Gil Ronen

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The Knesset's Aliyah and Absorption Committee held session at the southern city of Kiryat Malachi Sunday, following reports of racism against Ethiopians who live there. The press recently reported that residents of a neighborhood there had decided not to allow Ethiopian Jews to move into it.

Other press reports showed racism against Ethiopian Jews in Mevaseret Tzion, near Jerusalem, where some non-Ethiopian parents reportedly refuse to send their children to kindergartens that take in Ethiopian children.

"I stand here as a representative of the Knesset, and I am full of shame," said Committee Chairman MK Danny Danon (Likud). "I did not believe that I would have to deal with the matter of racism toward our brothers who came from Ethiopia in such an intensive manner."

"All those who exclude Ethiopians need to be locked up in jail," he added. "Black is just a color." Danon said that a broad legislative effort dealing with racism is in its final stages of preparation. The laws being discussed include a ban on discrimination based on country of origin, a law guaranteeing equal wages to Ethiopian Jews, a law placing the burden of proof in charges of racism on the accused, and a widening of the principle of "corrective discrimination." .....

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And here I was starting to like Danny Danon. Crap. Affirmative action has followed me here.

For the record, I've never noticed any sort of racism towards Ethiopians here. On the contrary, people of both colors are just comfortable together on a day-to-day basis. I can only judge by what I see in Jerusalem, Kiryat Arba and Gush Etzion, so perhaps there is some of that going around elsewhere.

But the bottom line is, "remedial discrimination" or "affirmative action" or whatever you want to call it SUCKS! It solves nothing, and only exacerbates problems that do exist, and creates problems where they don't. As of now Likud is dead to me. I will never vote for it.