Every time standards are lowered, public safety is jeopardized. I am all in favor, if they so choose, of encouraging recruiting in minority or ethnic neighborhoods to find the best candidates who ALSO meet the same requirements as anyone else.
Whose interest does it serve... or how does it increase my safety... by having a more diverse, rather than a more highly skilled, force? I want the best, and the brightest, and the strongest, and the most qualified on the wall fighting for me... and I could care not a damn if he or she looks or speaks like me.
Racism is still racism... no matter who gets to define the word. Quotas are racist, and lowering standards is DANGEROUS and WRONG.
Well said, Abe. ...and spot on.
You're so right.
What is it about these people that they just can't see this.
I'm 6'4" 290lbs. , when I need assistance in a fire, I'm thinking these affirmative action hires aren't going to be of much help to me.
Give me the biggest, strongest, smartest, most qualified PLEASE?
That is what I'm paying for right?