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I did maintenance at McDonald's when I was teenager, that meant cleaning sh*t up, literally. No racism involved, just that someone has to do it. I am in the trash business, do you know how many minorities are trash men? Is it racism, hell no. They are proud of what they do and they make good money. If someone is "too good" to do something and considers it "humilating" and "racist" then that is their problem. I am a sure Abercrombie and Fitch has hundreds of whites doing these same things in many of their locations. Give me a break.

Alot of people don't like their jobs, what makes me sick is that some of these people scream "racism" because of it.

You're missing the point. This isn't about doing the dirty work. This isn't about "not liking your job." It's about a system in place which relegates people of color to lesser positions at stores around the country.

There's no reason why the minorities in the trash biz should not feel proud, they're doing tough work and putting food on the table. God bless em. But if for some reason a garbage company had whites pick up only recyclables and other "clean" garbage and had its minority crews deal with the nasty stuff you'd have to say something was up. They were hired to do the same job but decisions have been made along racial lines to have them do different work.

At A&F, if everybody who was hired to do the same job actually had the same responsibilties they'd have nothing to complain about. But the fact is the plantiffs in this case were actively singled out by their respective managers under a coordinated effort to place whites in the position to create an identity for the company. This isn't about minorities sick of doing the dirty work, it's about a corporate policy of discrimination in the work place which is illegal.

So if making decisions about your work force on the basis of race is not racism lmr, then please explain what is because I obviously don't know. The words seem to match up so well, maybe I'm confused.