Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $71,049
87%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 87%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: equalopportunity

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • "A Systemic Devaluation Of Fathers As Caregivers"

    05/28/2002 7:17:49 PM PDT · by The Giant Apricots · 33 replies · 559+ views
    Toogood Reports ^ | 5/28/02 | Isaiah Flair
    "You better watch what you say, or they'll be calling you a radical…" — Supertramp's Logical Song In the past, women ruled the home, taking primary responsibility for raising the children. In that same past, men ruled the workplace. Every workplace. Without exception. Two distinct spheres, each ruled by one sex. Some seek a return of that past, wanting women completely out of the workforce. This is based upon the premise that these roles, women as caregivers and nothing else, and men as providers and nothing else, were best for society in the first place. That premise is infinitely...
  • Affirmative action may be (Connecticut) schools hiring fix

    05/01/2002 5:57:50 AM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 13 replies · 401+ views
    THE NEWS-TIMES [Danbury, CT] ^ | April 30, 2002 | Eileen FitzGerald
    DANBURY — Responding to complaints that the city has not hired more minority teachers, at least one school board member wants to know whether the district should switch its hiring approach from equal opportunity to affirmative action. Some local educators said the issue is more about ensuring that all candidates are given a fair opportunity to be interviewed and considered. Board member J.R. Mitchell said the board needs to know if the community wants to move toward affirmative action instead of hiring the top candidates regardless of race. “I see affirmative action as allowing you to set aside a spot...