http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/discrimination/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:14:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418880/posts Let's get one thing straight right up front: Profiling is an effective tool. We do it with serial killers all the time. Why not terrorists? Because it's discrimination. Therefore, it must be evil. Wrong. According to my World Book dictionary, discriminate means "to see or note a difference; (to) make a distinction." When I choose steak over fish, I discriminate. When I decide to see one movie and not another, I discriminate. We make discriminating choices all day, every day. Discrimination is nothing more than the implementation of personal experience. I want airport security personnel to discriminate between terrorists and... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418880/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418431/posts Of all the campaign promises that President Barack Obama made, the only one that I hope he does not break is the one to try to get a playoff system in Division I college football and scrap the anti-trust and discriminatory BCS system. Given how many of his other promises that he has already broken, I am not holding out much hope that Obama will keep this one. However, hopefully Senator Orrin Hatch and others will keep the pressure and the attention on this issue. This is actually the ultimate affirmative action case, so it seems like an issue that... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418431/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:03:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414713/posts December 22, 2009, 4:00 a.m. Legislating DiscriminationOne more reason to oppose Obamacare. By Hans A. von Spakovsky What’s the worst bill ever seriously considered for passage by the U.S. Congress? Certainly both the House health-reform bill and Sen. Harry Reid’s health bill are leading contenders. Both proposals are obscenely expensive. Both limit our freedom to choose our families’ health care. And both would legislate racial and other forms of discrimination — making them not only unconstitutional, but immoral, counterproductive, and dangerous. Within the last three months, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has twice sent letters to the president... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414713/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411318/posts PEORIA — A lawsuit alleging discrimination has been filed by a group of current and former white employees at Trewyn Middle School against Peoria School District 150 and retired Superintendent Ken Hinton. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, names eight employees who allege the district had a policy of discrimination against white employees. According to the suit, the administration "adopted policies, practices and plans to increase the number of black teachers and staff within District 150; avoid lawsuits by black employees and citizens; and appease a large black community with numerous complaints." The employees are Tammy Williams, a... Peoria Journal-Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411318/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:00:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410505/posts Are Boys Just “Unruly Girls?” Deborah Lambert, December 18, 2009 Is the so-called discrimination against girls and women in school just another scam that should be lumped into the same category as “global warming” and “health care reform?” According to Phyllis Schlafly, the answer is a definite “yes.” Schlafly pointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights plan to investigate whether colleges are “discriminating against women by admitting less qualified men” as the latest attempt by the feminist lobby to “sell the false propaganda that girls are cheated all through the education system, K through 12.” What ever happened to... AIA-FL Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410505/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:09:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409857/posts A student says a Dallas public community-college teacher compared crosses to swastikas while explaining a school ban on religious items made in ceramics classes. World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409857/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404581/posts A hiring lawyer from Greenwich, Conn., wrote to The Ethicist of the New York Times with this question: Is it ethical to recommend rejection of members of the Federalist Society simply because you disagree with their conservative politics? The Ethicist, Randy Cohen, said politics should not be a factor.... The lawyer, who made recommendations on summer and full-time associates, had noted the review was intended to take account of judgment and personality. The Ethicist countered that reasonable people differ over politics. “I am tempted to believe that those whose politics differ from mine lack ‘judgment and personality’ and taste in... ABA Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404581/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:09:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403036/posts I expected this argument to be made, but not in the pages of the Washington Post; I assumed it would come as a blog post. Eugene Robinson takes leave of his senses in his attempt to spin Tiger Woods as either a racist or a self-hating minority — or a little of both — by complaining that Tiger’s mistresses have too much in common. Guess what that might be? "Here’s my real question, though: What’s with the whole Barbie thing? No offense to anyone who actually looks like Barbie, but it really is striking how much the women who’ve been... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403036/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:45:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401625/posts Believing that all the applicants were qualified, but able to hire only a few, this person recommended rejecting each member of the Federalist Society. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401625/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 19:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398608/posts New Haven's Board of Fire Commissioners has approved the promotions of 14 city firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case in a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. A formal promotion ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 10. Matt Marcarelli, who earned the top score on the captain's exam in 2003 and assumed his new rank on Tuesday, says the action by the board was historic. The board approved the promotions after another city board certified the results of the 2003 exam that was at the center of the legal dispute. Thirteen white city firefighters and one Hispanic firefighter were... ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398608/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:28:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394524/posts he city of New Haven, Connecticut, will promote 14 firefighters who were involved in a workplace discrimination case that worked its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The firefighters were among the New Haven 20 -- one Hispanic and 19 white firefighters -- who fought the city after it threw out the results of a 2003 firefighter promotion exam that left too few minorities qualified for promotions. A U.S. District Court issued a judgment finding the city violated the civil rights of a group of the white firefighters when it threw out the exams in 2004, according to Jessica Mayorga,... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394524/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:56:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393903/posts As the economy's downturn continues to loom over America and employment remains to be a daily issue, the problem is almost magnified for the young males in the Black community. 34.5% of young Black men are unemployed. Reported in October, unemployment for African-American men between the ages of 16 and 24 has skyrocketed. The percent is more than three times the unemployment rate for the entire U.S. population. This month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that unemployment for Blacks in D.C had risen from 11.4% to 11.9%, although employment was stable for other races located in Maryland and Virginia.... Hip-Hop Wired http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393903/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:24:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391493/posts U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder continued the federal government's campaign to reach out to local Arab Americans, saying last night in Detroit that civil rights must be respected even as the country deals with security threats. "For the last nine months, I've heard from Muslim and Arab Americans who feel uneasy about their relationship with their government, who feel isolated and discriminated against by law enforcement," Holder said, according to the Detroit Free Press. "It is inconsistent with what America is all about." Holder spoke at the Detroit Marriott as part of the Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community... MLive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391493/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:27:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391474/posts Disabled Iraq veteran, Luis Montalvan, says that he was repeatedly discriminated against at a Brooklyn McDonald's. According to Montalvan, these conflicts culminated in an assault that sent him to the emergency room. Now, Montalvan is suing McDonald's for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, discrimination, and assault and battery. CNN International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391474/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:43:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384872/posts Remember how the Democrats reacted when the Bush Administration started replacing U.S. Attorneys? At least they were actually political appointees employed at the will and whim of the President. RED STATE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384872/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:39:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384333/posts It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard. On Tuesday night, after a series of clandestine meetings between local gay-rights backers and Mormons in Salt Lake City, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it would support proposed city laws that would prohibit discrimination against gays in housing and employment. The ordinances passed and history was made: It marked the first time the Salt Lake City-based church had supported gay-rights legislation. hostednews/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384333/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:48:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383978/posts Brits are among the ugliest people in the world... according to an exclusive website which only allows 'beautiful' people to join. Less than one in eight UK men (12 per cent) and just three in 20 women (15 per cent) who have applied to BeautifulPeople.com have been accepted as members. Existing members of the website rate how attractive potential members are over a 48-hour provisional period, when applicants upload a recent photograph and a short personal profile. They are rated by members of the opposite sex, who have four options to describe how attractive they think the hopeful is -... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383978/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2378817/posts This is my first “coming out” article as a conservative and Christian because Hollywood is taking its last breath before dying and I don’t really have much to lose. I’m a director, but made a good living for about seven years compositing visual effects. That is, until I was blacklisted for objecting to anti-Christian and anti-American propaganda that I was forced to listen to 8 hours a day by 90% of the people around me. But that’s a story for a different time. ... What completely blows my mind is that all these comic book and sci-fi loving fans embrace... bighollywood.breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2378817/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:41:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378381/posts A Massachusetts man has been fired from his sales A Massachusetts man has been fired from his sales position at the Logan Airport branch in Boston of Brookstone allegedly for telling a female manager that his Christian faith says homosexuality is wrong. Peter Vadala was fired, and the company says he violated a tolerance policy. But Vadala reports his dismissal came because he expressed his Christian view of homosexuality after a female manager made repeated references, as she approached him four times during work hours, to her plans to marry her lesbian partner. "At the start of the day, she... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378381/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374852/posts SAN FRANCISCO-CA --- In 2007, the last reporting period. the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported 28 pedestrians fatalities, 440 cyclists injured, a total of 52 people killed in traffic accidents in San Francisco. Now, it's reported today that the city will no longer enforce the law for first time offenders of driving without a license. Worse, the new police chief endorses the proposal. San Francisco Police Chief Gascon is quoted as saying that the city is "trying to be sensitive to all of the communities we serve..."We recognize that this is a problem within the Hispanic community, where people working... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374852/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:32:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373466/posts A mother is facing action under race discrimination laws after objecting to ethnic minority hospital staff being present at the birth of her child. The woman was about to undergo a caesarean section when she made her demand. It was not clear yesterday whether she was referring to black employees, those of Asian origin, or any other staff working at Milton Keynes Hospital in Buckinghamshire. But an insider said: ‘The mother objected to one type of ethnic minority members of staff being there.’ The woman, who was accompanied by her partner for the delivery earlier this month, gave birth to... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373466/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372978/posts Did you miss it? Last month the country celebrated national Blasphemy Day! According to NPR.com, atheists marked Blasphemy Day last month at gatherings around the world, celebrating the freedom to denigrate and insult religion. Activities included de-baptizing people with hair dryers and an art exhibit in Washington, D.C., which showed, among other titles, Jesus Paints His Nails, in which "an effeminate Jesus after the crucifixion [applies] polish to the nails that attach his hands to the cross." The atheist group Center for Inquiry hosted the exhibit. Addressing a capacity crowd at the University of Toronto, columnist Christopher Hitchens elicited enthusiastic... JewishWorldReview.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372978/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372111/posts A former Letterman writer claims Dave's show was a "hostile, sexually charged atmosphere" -- and "sexual politics" played a role in why she eventually quit the job. The woman making the claim is Nell Scovell -- who spent roughly 5 months working for Dave back in 1990. In an article for Vanity Fair, Scovell claims during her employment, she was well aware that Dave and other high-level male employees were having sexual relations with female staffers. TMZ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372111/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:25:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371422/posts Last Halloween, Gina Uberti took vacation days to celebrate the Wiccan new year in Salem, Massachusetts, the town infamously known for the witch trials of 1692 that ended with the hanging of 14 women. Less than a month after Uberti took part in the festivities of Samhain, one of the holiest days in the Wiccan calendar, she was fired from her job as a district sales manager for Bath & Body Works. Workforce Management http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371422/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:35:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370733/posts Iowa City police are investigating an early morning assault in which a man accused another of being a zombie, then punched him twice. Police said the assault occurred at 1:17 a.m. Sunday at an Iowa City restaurant south of the University of Iowa campus. A man was ordering food when he was approached by another man who called him a zombie, then hit him in the eye. When the victim tried to call police on his cell phone, the man punched him again, breaking his nose. The man then ran out a back door. The victim was taken by ambulance... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370733/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:27:57 GMT