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2naSalit

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9. EEO-Equal Employment Opportunity law(s)

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2020, 01:25 AM

May 2020

require consideration of all eligible candidates/applicants equally. What happens is that systematic elimination of anything but white applicants for a majority of positions available which also includes obvious cheating. If it's exams that they have to take for promotions or getting the job in the first place, it's rarely representative in the end.

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Shouldn't police represent the community in the hiring numbers? [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 OP

Well, at least the Chief of Police is AA. nt DURHAM D May 2020 #1

If you have a Black American at the top, but a solid minority doing the policing....he becomes OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #2

Self-selection. Igel May 2020 #3

Legally you can't just fire the white cops and replace them with black cops MichMan May 2020 #4

I suspect education may be a factor Massacure May 2020 #5

If education favors white applicants, then the end result is fail. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #6

What you're missing is an Affirmative Action program, which is not quotas... Hekate May 2020 #7

I bet the white policeman had the education creds. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #8

EEO-Equal Employment Opportunity law(s) 2naSalit May 2020 #9

****YES !!!**** ... and live in the community they patrol uponit7771 May 2020 #10

A few generations of history. nt greyl May 2020 #11