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Subject: FWD: Hiring Discrimination
From: "Suzette Leeming" <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:25:44 -0400

Playing devil's advocate...

So, if I ask to only see resumes from white males (since that's my
preference), but once they are in front of me I treat them all
equally, I'd be okay?

On 9/26/06, John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

I don't think she has. Discrimination is the act of discriminating.
There's no law against thinking or preferences, only the act of
performing it. As long as once a resume was in her hands he treated
it equally with the others, what law has she broken?

--- Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> > Actualy, I don't see that as discrimination. What has she done
> wrong?
> > She has a preference. She can prefer anyhthing she wants. She can
> > even proactively recruit what she prefers. However, as long as
> she
> > treats all resumes eqaualy when they are infront of her, she's
> done
> > nothing wrong.
>
> Your reasoning sounds logical but in fact it is wrong. The manager
> who
> said that, and the company they work for, could be sued for such a
> statement, as it violates sex discrimination laws.


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