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Originally Posted by polak
omg I said it earlier that was just one stupid scenerio.
Sorry I didn't think you'd get hung up on the HR practices of this made up company in this made up situation.
Make it Airport security in Islamabad screening Brits and Americans. Who cares. Thats not the point.
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Why did you put it out there if you didn't want the realities of it to be discussed? If you implement a system that places an undue burden on someone simply because of their race it is racist. This is not complicated.
Security screening is a much different situation, and it also doesn't impact the long term ability of someone to exist in society (presuming we're not getting into the realm of innocent people being placed on do not fly lists or being incarcerated absent proof of any wrongdoing). I think people should have a decreased expectation of being free from profiling in that circumstance, so long as the result of that profiling is the least intrusive screening practice possible. If people of a certain race are pulled out to do the hand swab thing more than people of another race due to credible threats I don't have a problem with it. If people of a certain race are denied the right to fly or otherwise unreasonably impacted by a policy that is based strictly on race that isn't okay.