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No Joke: Kenney Thinks “Overqualified” Black People Are Cause of City’s Diversity Woes
Philadelphia Magazine ^ | 04/05/2019 | ERNEST OWENS·

Posted on 04/06/2019 2:40:06 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

At a meeting of the African American Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Jim Kenney had his “I can see Russia from my house” moment.

In a room full of Black business owners, contractors, and city employees, Kenney told us what white men in power have said forever — except this time, he had his very own twist. ---SNIP---

“We have a hard time hiring Black people for these jobs because they’re so super-talented and too overqualified that they choose to run after the private sector instead. They don’t want to take the pay cut.”

(Excerpt) Read more at phillymag.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 88; democrats; kenney; pennsylvania; philadelphia; racist
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To: Kid Shelleen

“The threshold I.Q. level for a diagnosis of mental retardation has been progressively lowered over the years, in part because of awareness of the damaging social prejudice suffered by those labeled “retarded.” In 1959, the American Association on Mental Deficiency set 85 as the I.Q. below which a person was considered to be retarded.In 1992, the renamed American Association on Mental Retardation lowered the mental retardation “ceiling” to an I.Q. of 70-75,but many mental health specialists argue that people with I.Q.s of up to 80 may also have mental retardation. Flexibility in the I.Q. standard is important because tests given at different times may show slight variations due to differences in the tests and because of testing error — the standard error measurement on I.Q. tests is generally three to five points.”
 

https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/ustat/ustat0301-01.htm


21 posted on 04/06/2019 3:44:13 PM PDT by Lee25
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To: IronJack
Sarah Palin never said that.

True, but it's too late. That one is in the lexicon whether we like it or not. Happens all the time. Al Gore never said he created the internet, yet I see that referenced frequently right here at FR. Too late for that one too. You win some you lose some.
22 posted on 04/06/2019 3:54:42 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done things in my life I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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To: Kid Shelleen

ALL of your candidates are too awesome. That’s a new one.


23 posted on 04/06/2019 3:56:18 PM PDT by BradyLS (ODO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: elteemike

To your second point -

There is no such thing as “overqualified” for a job. Either you meet the parameters established (and hopefully exceed them) or you do not. This “overqualified” thing only comes up in the minds of the prospective employer, who is afraid that once the “overqualified” candidate is hired, it shall be only a short while until the “overqualified” person moves on to a higher and better-paying position that provides more job satisfaction.

If the employer cannot provide the better pay, sometimes providing more in the form of job satisfaction is enough to retain the very good employee. Or the employer could offer more pay, based on current performance. The job market is much more competitive now than it was at one time in the very recent past.

Jobs that go unfilled due to administrative limitations on “targeted” hiring are a double burden on the whole employment picture. There ARE many potential candidates that are not considered because the “qualifications” are drawn much too narrowly, and having to do with factors that have no relevance to the task to be performed.

Meritocracy has its virtues.


24 posted on 04/06/2019 3:57:44 PM PDT by alloysteel (Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. George Carlin)
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To: Kid Shelleen

They know he is lying, but they don’t care about the truth, only the narrative.


25 posted on 04/06/2019 3:59:09 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: Kid Shelleen

If they were ‘over-qualified’ we would not need affirmative actions.


26 posted on 04/06/2019 4:03:49 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: LanaTurnerOverdrive
Nope. I'm not going to let the libs get away with that lie.

Sarah Palin never said it. And what she did say is true.

27 posted on 04/06/2019 4:37:20 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Kid Shelleen; All

Back President Trump’s effort to make certain the census form contains the citizenship question in it and no reference to race. But to the country of where the respondent is a citizen of if not an American citizen.
TIME TO END HYPHENATING AMERICANS

One thing the Mexican Constitution has that we should consider doing.Mexico has no hyphenated Mexicans. They prohibit any reference to race when they conduct a census or issue any means of identification, Where a photo id is not available physical description is needed skin color yes but not by race but by nationality..

By doing this Mexico has avoided “balkanizing”, creating fractional disputes in areas where a given group in one of its states is a majority or a minority. Plus it could play a significant part in shutting down the political playing off racial divisions between Americans by the Democrats.

d.By doing this Mexico has avoided “balkanizing”, creating fractional disputes in areas where a given group in one of its states is a majority or a minority. Plus it could play a significant part in shutting the political playing off racial divisions down.


28 posted on 04/06/2019 5:18:38 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I lost two tires to a Kenneyhole two days ago.


29 posted on 04/06/2019 5:23:12 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: All
BTW - anyone notice the author capitalized Black? Is this something new the kommissars want us to do?
30 posted on 04/06/2019 5:28:48 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen ((Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong))
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To: Kid Shelleen

It’s typically black “supremacists” who capitalize “Black”. The types that write for The Root, Thy Black Man and suchlike.


31 posted on 04/06/2019 5:37:15 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Kid Shelleen
Mr. Owens has the look of the aforementioned, complete with NOI bowtie etc.


32 posted on 04/06/2019 5:49:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Kid Shelleen
yeah, right...

33 posted on 04/06/2019 7:14:50 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Repeal The 17th
I worked with a group of people screening 400 resumes to fill 7 open software development positions. Even after all of that scrutiny, one of the 7 was an incredible BS artist who couldn't code his way out of a paper bag. Fortunately, that failing was detected and corrected within 2 days.

One of my wife's co-workers (police dispatcher) is taking a position with the city just south. Now, it's a search for a candidate that can pass all the background and drug tests and has the aptitude to become a dispatcher in 15 weeks. The washout rate is pretty high.

34 posted on 04/06/2019 7:52:44 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: IronJack

It never fails, doesn’t it? To this day stupid liberals are still bringing up that mis-quote.


35 posted on 04/06/2019 7:55:16 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!!)
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To: Lee25
When I was studying psychology in college, one of my courses was related to genetics and psychology. Intelligence is largely a heritable characteristic. In identical twin studies, the exception for nominally same IQ of identical twins was always traceable to low birth weight (shared placenta, lighter twin got poorer blood supply) or some kind of disease or accident that damaged the poorer performer. Even when raised apart in a rich/poor adopted out scenario, the poorer performer could be trained to "catch up" with the better performing twin.

In the context of what was known during my college years, the IQ test had a +/-5% repeatability over the lifetime of an individual.

In the current time, there is some evidence that "neural plasticity" can be trained and improved. The BrainHQ program has demonstrated success.

Working on the assumption that the ability to perform a given job has a minimum IQ floor, the higher that threshold, the fewer candidates you will have to fill the position. When you overlay the IQ spread of populations, it explains the number persons from that group that are capable of meeting the minimum. Just because a certain group represents X% of the general population is not a valid reason why that group has the same X% of candidates meeting the IQ minimum to do that job. That might be achieved if the pool of candidates is much greater than the available number of position i.e. 20 positions and 5,000 applicants.

36 posted on 04/06/2019 8:12:08 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

Gimme Dat Job

"This interview is being recorded for quality control purposes. Is that acceptable to you, Mr Jackson?"
"Why, sure. But you can call me Tyrone."
"I'd rather not. What are your educational qualifiers for a position with the National Labor Relations Board, Mr Jackson?"
"I got myself a Bachelor of Arts degree from UNC-Chapel HIll in Afro-American Studies."
"Isn't that the program that didn't have classrooms, instructors, or exams?"
"Yes."JOM
"How could you have learned anything?"
"Well, we hung out on the 'hood mostly, studying the brothers."
"Did you learn anything useful?"
"Oh, hell, yeah. Did you know the CIA introduced crack into the black community? Or that AIDS is just another way to keep the brother down?"
"I see. How do you figure any of this would prepare you for a position on the NLRB?"
"Well, ain't labor unions mostly about preserving jobs that don't exist, paying people to do nothin', and makin' sure no one knows anything different?"
"I think you're going to be happy here, Tyrone."

37 posted on 04/06/2019 8:15:40 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: elteemike

As a retired Officer’s wife they do and some people excel in training as recruits and pass.I have been to many a ceremony.My fav is when #3 son graduated and we had lot’s of little girl grandchildren and they were doing cheers as the guys did their dirlls for the families.So cute.


38 posted on 04/06/2019 8:17:48 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: alloysteel

“There is no such thing as “overqualified” for a job.”

Really? Suppose you need someone to cut meat in a butcher shop and a surgeon applied? I’m just curious.


39 posted on 04/06/2019 8:20:01 PM PDT by RipSawyer (I need some green first and then we'll talk a new deal!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

AGREED; most people regardless of color, look to their pay before the people.
The only people who WANT to go into public service are those who HUNGER FOR POWER over their fellow citizen.


40 posted on 04/06/2019 9:49:26 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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