We Are Not Alone…

Reader Fred Ray sends a link to this article, which reports a number of problems with “diversity” preferences in Britain that will seem all to familiar.

Some excerpts:

Members of ethnic minorities have not performed as well as white staff in Civil Service examinations. Civil servants who hope for promotion attend “assessment centres”, where they take written tests, carry out exercises and are interviewed. In 2004, the results for higher executive officer and Grade 7 assessments were “again disappointing”. The pass rate for minority ethnic staff was “lower than for white staff”.

The poor results were despite the efforts of “the Network” – the Home Office network for minority ethnic staff – which arranged additional training. It was taken for granted that the “disappointing” pass rate was the result of “adverse impact” and consultants were brought in to recommend how to reduce it. Measures included “reducing the number of skills to be assessed” and “allowing candidates more time for the exercises”. In other words, the pass rate was to be increased by making the exam easier….

To make it clear that opponents of ethnic targets stood no chance of promotion, a range of “diversity-related assessments” were included in all staff selection processes from March 2005. What does this mean in practice? A 19-year-old female candidate for the police service recently learnt a hard lesson in diversity awareness. She had passed her written tests, and in her interview was asked what she would do if she needed advice. She replied: “I would go to my sergeant and ask him for help.” She failed the interview for referring to the sergeant as “him”, thus revealing her lack of gender awareness.

And no, I didn’t include this just because I wrote recently about No Time For Sergeants. But it does fit quite nicely.

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  1. 1angrychristian July 27, 2006 at 7:03 pm | | Reply

    I have litterally just found this site. This is one of the most interesting racial discrimination sites I have ever come across. People are so terrified to talk about this stuff because of the litteral violence that would befall them if they did. There is no room for honesty or discussion on the subject of racism and discrimination. Thanks for keeping this blog up.

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