bbc drops itself in the...ya know. (discrimination)

deuse · 21 Jan 2018 at 05:21

Raymond Lin said:
OP and a bunch of people missed the entire point.

Creative Access Scheme. It says right there.

https://creativeaccess.org.uk

It's a scheme for minorities. Why would a scheme designed for minorities looking for the majority?

It would be akin to a scheme to get disable people jobs.

So a white British person from London can put in the for the placement

chief barker · 21 Jan 2018 at 05:24

Where is Stop Funding Hate when you need them?

The BBC should go one further and make only white people pay the licence fee, I'd feel really appreciated then.

Mods; yeah edits.

Malevolence · 21 Jan 2018 at 06:01

A white guy/girl needs to apply for the job and claim to 'identify' as black. See what the overly PC morons at the BBC say about that.

NickK · 21 Jan 2018 at 07:01

Mathematically - if you have a population distribution of race/creed/background then surely a nondiscrimatry employee mix would look like that too?

D.P. · 21 Jan 2018 at 07:39

A scheme to get minorities employed advertises to minorities. Well I never. Next you will be saying only teachers can apply to teaching jobs.

LabR@t · 21 Jan 2018 at 08:24

Ssh, everyone calm down.
Remember Racism only works one way, go back to fb or what ever you dullards do.

LabR@t · 21 Jan 2018 at 08:26

Raymond Lin said:
What if its a scheme to get disabled people jobs?

Are you going to be upset about that too?

Yes it's discrimination, or don't you understand the meaning of that particular word?

National Black Police Association
United Kingdom,. Can you imagine
National white Police Association
United Kingdom being allowed to form?

Vonhelmet · 21 Jan 2018 at 08:38

LabR@t said:
Yes it's discrimination, or don't you understand the meaning of that particular word?

National Black Police Association
United Kingdom,. Can you imagine
National white Police Association
United Kingdom being allowed to form?

What would this white police association do? What issues do white police officers face for which they need support?

Efour · 21 Jan 2018 at 08:45

Lot of fake outrage here today.

Vonhelmet · 21 Jan 2018 at 08:47

Efour said:
Lot of fake outrage here today.

Every day in this place.

G-MAN2004 · 21 Jan 2018 at 08:49

So there are fewer minorities in those particular jobs compared with white people? Gosh it's almost as if they are minorities!

Crpwned · 21 Jan 2018 at 08:54

D.P. said:
A scheme to get minorities employed advertises to minorities. Well I never. Next you will be saying only teachers can apply to teaching jobs.

This guy gets it.

Seems the usual suspects are getting outraged again over nothing.

Vonhelmet · 21 Jan 2018 at 08:54

G-MAN2004 said:
So there are fewer minorities in those particular jobs compared with white people? Gosh it's almost as if they are minorities!

Are there disproportionately fewer in an organisation that is chartered to be representative of the population? Gosh, it’s almost as if you have to think about these things for more than two seconds!

HardwareGeek · 21 Jan 2018 at 09:10

The 'non-white' might be an issue if looking for minorities as there are white minorities in the UK, unless they already have a representative % of Polish etc

What target are they aiming for same % employed as uk population stats or by local population stats, cos in some areas that would be over 50%

Tunney · 21 Jan 2018 at 09:13

Does anyone think that the BBC doesn’t have a diversity problem? Its staff are overwhelming white, middle-class, centre-left, “metropolitan elite” types.

Randomface74 · 21 Jan 2018 at 09:16

Tunney said:
Does anyone think that the BBC doesn’t have a diversity problem? Its staff are overwhelming white, middle-class, centre-left, “metropolitan elite” types.

That doesn't make racial discrimination acceptable.

Werewolf said:
It's not racism, it's a scheme they've run for years as they are meant to try and represent the general public, and they've found that there are areas where they are lacking in that representation so take extra steps in those areas to try and raise awareness of the opportunities to enter the business.
There are groups where people don't get encouraged to even try and get into certain industries, or are told they're not good enough (for no reason), or they can't find the information on things like training schemes because their school has no one with the experience/knowledge of such things and it's an unusual profession.

It is racial discrimination even if you agree with it. Most people who discriminated throughout history thought it was okay too.

LabR@t · 21 Jan 2018 at 09:22

Tunney said:
Does anyone think that the BBC doesn’t have a diversity problem? Its staff are overwhelming white, middle-class, centre-left, “metropolitan elite” types.

rubbish far from it

LabR@t · 21 Jan 2018 at 09:26

Vonhelmet said:
What would this white police association do? What issues do white police officers face for which they need support?

You wouldn't even be allowed to have that organisation, why do they choose to segregate themselves? A more inclusive organisation surely would help dispel some of the issues they are concerned with. Or is it a chance to use their difference to leverage some power and influence over their colleagues ?

LabR@t · 21 Jan 2018 at 09:27

chief barker said:
Where is Stop Funding Hate when you need them?

The BBC should go one further and make only white people pay the licence fee, I'd feel really appreciated then.

Mods; yeah edits.

One day perhaps

Vonhelmet · 21 Jan 2018 at 09:28

LabR@t said:
You wouldn't even be allowed to have that organisation, why do they choose to segregate themselves? A more inclusive organisation surely would help dispel some of the issues they are concerned with. Or is it a chance to use their difference to leverage some power and influence over their colleagues ?

Who wouldn’t “allow” you to have such an organisation? Besides, the whole is that for years the entire police force has been the “White police association”.

But anyway, that’s not the question I asked. What issues facing white police officers would a white police association offer support for?