Is it cos I is white?

[DimPrawn]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770



White men could be legally blocked from getting jobs under new anti-discrimination laws being considered by Labour.


Employers would be able to give jobs to women or ethnic minority candidates in preference to other applicants, under the plans unveiled by equalities minister Harriet Harman.

If two candidates were equally qualified for a position, employers would be able to reject the white person or the man in favour of a black person or a woman.


I bet Michael Jackson is sorry now.

[bogeyman]

Employers would be able to give jobs to women or ethnic minority candidates in preference to other applicants, under the plans unveiled by equalities minister Harriet Harman.

Oh! The crushing bloody irony of that statement.

[SueEllen]

The government will just be taken to the European Courts under the Human Rights act and the only winners will be the lawyers.

[milanbenes]

maybe they should begin with the selection of MP's

Milan.

[BrilloPad]

of course there is a minister for women but no minister for men.

[SueEllen]

maybe they should begin with the selection of MP's

Milan.

[SueEllen]

of course there is a minister for women but no minister for men.

Get with the program that post was just for Nu Labour to increase the number of female ministers.

[TheFaQQer]

of course there is a minister for women but no minister for men.

It's only fair.

[KathyWoolfe]

I saw a great phrase coined by a comment to last weekends' Jeremy Clarkson column in the Times.

This person coined the phrase "multi-culti" so be one of the first to use in your street!.

[Platypus]

Employers would be able to give jobs to women or ethnic minority candidates in preference to other applicants

I'm told this already happens in London, e.g. look at the staff of many councils. I'm told some are virtually closed shops.