Subj : Re: Diversity
To   : Gregory Deyss
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Sat Aug 17 2019 02:05:00

 -=> On 08-16-19  07:19,  Gregory Deyss <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Diversity <=-


 DS> There is strength in diversity.

 GD> There is strength in many things, but choosing someone based on the
 GD> color of their skin is racist, not to mention dumb.

 DS> I did not say that people should be chosen on the basis of their color
 DS> or race, and on that I can agree with you.  What I do not agree with is
 DS> not choosing someone based on their color or race -- nor with
 DS> denigrating someone based on their color or race.  *THAT* is what is
 DS> racist.

 GD> Choice and selection should be based on merit. The best Man or Women
 GD> for the job, regardless of race,

If you read what I said above, you would see that I am in agreement with
that.  But, along with that -- it is important to make certain that all
people have an equal chance.  Instead, too often some people are denied
a place at the table based on things other than their potential
contribution.

 GD> but many times the choice is made upon
 GD> fear that someone will call them racist because there are no people of
 GD> color, This is ignorance. aka "the race card." 
 GD> The PC way of accomplishing this is affirmative action, doesn't do
 GD> anything for me.

If all suitable candidates had a chance, reguardless of color, then
there is nothing wrong.

 GD> There is no CEN Caucasian Entertainment Network. 
 GD> but there is a BET Black Entertainment Network.

 GD> There is no NAACP National Association for the Advancement of
 GD> Caucasian People but there is a NAACP National Association for the
 GD> Advancement of Colored People.   

Probably that is because blacks and other people of color have needed
such organizations to speak out for them when the white men who
controled the power would not.

 GD> If either CEN or NAACP for white people existed, Van Jones would call

Actually, white people do have their own catering organization, it is
called the NRA.  Then there is also the KKK.

                               Dale Shipp
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