MAGNES
24th August 2011, 08:07 PM
OBAMA EXECUTIVE ORDER
76 FR 52847 - Establishing a Coordinated Government-Wide Initiative to Promote Diversity
and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?granuleId=2011-21704&packageId=FR-2011-08-23&acCode=FR
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/8-18-11a.cfm
[ So why this now if goals are already met ? I think it is interesting WT has this title,
and Obama is signing executive orders on this. ]
EDITORIAL: Obama: Whites need not apply
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES (http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/the-washington-times/)
The Washington Times
Friday, August 19, 2011
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/19/obama-whites-need-not-apply/print/
The White House issued an executive order on Thursday titled "Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce." The purpose of the order is "to promote the federal workplace as a model of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion." In other words, it would be better for the government if public-spirited white workers sought employment elsewhere. Lost amid all the politically correct box-checking is the principle that the most qualified person should be hired for a job.
President Obama's new order instructs federal agencies to design new strategies for hiring, promoting and keeping workers of "diverse" backgrounds. The diversity the government is seeking is not diversity of ideas, outlooks or work experiences. In contemporary political parlance, "diversity" refers primarily to the color of one's skin and not the content of one's character. The executive order says the federal government "must create a culture that encourages collaboration, flexibility and fairness to enable individuals to participate to their full potential." In the name of "fairness," however, the government will intensify programs that discriminate against white Americans by extending special privileges to everyone else. The order also says that "attaining a diverse, qualified workforce is one of the cornerstones of the merit-based civil service," though merit and ability are not the metrics of choice when measuring success in diversity-driven career programs.
The order states that by law, the federal government's recruitment policies should "endeavor to achieve a workforce from all segments of society" and that "as the nation's largest employer, the federal government has a special obligation to lead by example." In that respect, the government could largely declare mission accomplished. A quick look at the demographic breakdown of the federal payroll shows that "diversity" goals have been more than met. According to the Office of Personnel Management, federal employees in fiscal 2010 were 66.2 percent white, 17.7 percent black, 8 percent Hispanic, 5.6 percent Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8 percent American Indian.
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This executive order tells America that in the Obama administration, race-based preferences are still business as usual.
76 FR 52847 - Establishing a Coordinated Government-Wide Initiative to Promote Diversity
and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?granuleId=2011-21704&packageId=FR-2011-08-23&acCode=FR
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/8-18-11a.cfm
[ So why this now if goals are already met ? I think it is interesting WT has this title,
and Obama is signing executive orders on this. ]
EDITORIAL: Obama: Whites need not apply
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES (http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/the-washington-times/)
The Washington Times
Friday, August 19, 2011
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/19/obama-whites-need-not-apply/print/
The White House issued an executive order on Thursday titled "Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce." The purpose of the order is "to promote the federal workplace as a model of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion." In other words, it would be better for the government if public-spirited white workers sought employment elsewhere. Lost amid all the politically correct box-checking is the principle that the most qualified person should be hired for a job.
President Obama's new order instructs federal agencies to design new strategies for hiring, promoting and keeping workers of "diverse" backgrounds. The diversity the government is seeking is not diversity of ideas, outlooks or work experiences. In contemporary political parlance, "diversity" refers primarily to the color of one's skin and not the content of one's character. The executive order says the federal government "must create a culture that encourages collaboration, flexibility and fairness to enable individuals to participate to their full potential." In the name of "fairness," however, the government will intensify programs that discriminate against white Americans by extending special privileges to everyone else. The order also says that "attaining a diverse, qualified workforce is one of the cornerstones of the merit-based civil service," though merit and ability are not the metrics of choice when measuring success in diversity-driven career programs.
The order states that by law, the federal government's recruitment policies should "endeavor to achieve a workforce from all segments of society" and that "as the nation's largest employer, the federal government has a special obligation to lead by example." In that respect, the government could largely declare mission accomplished. A quick look at the demographic breakdown of the federal payroll shows that "diversity" goals have been more than met. According to the Office of Personnel Management, federal employees in fiscal 2010 were 66.2 percent white, 17.7 percent black, 8 percent Hispanic, 5.6 percent Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8 percent American Indian.
...
This executive order tells America that in the Obama administration, race-based preferences are still business as usual.