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Originally Posted by ken0042
There are examples of racism against whites, but I am think there's no way it's as common as it is against non-whites. I can think of 2 examples for myself. One was when I was enquiring about joining a police force in Manitoba. My dad; who worked for that police force; was told in confidence for me to not get my hopes up, as their recruting drive was aimed at non-whites.
Now, with police I can understand it as there should be some representation of the population, so that if a Chinese grandmother who has lived in Canada for 2 years has her house broken into, she can speak to an officer in the language that is comfortable to her. (And many other good reasons too.)
The second time it happened was in University; it was 1994 and state of the art computers were 486's running Windows 3.1. The library had 386's running DOS, but every special interest group had 486's paid for by the school. (It showed up on my tuition receipt.) That meant the women's group, the gay & lesbian group, and the Native group all had access to good computers paid for by all the students, but as a white straight male I didn't. When I suggested we should have a Men's group, I was told the special groups were just for minorities. I then pointed out that the University population was about 55% women, but I was told that nothing could be done.
Granted, these examples are the only two that stick out for me, so it's not like I have to live with racism every day. I just wanted to clarify that I do know it sucks when somebody says no because of the way you were born. Obviously not to the same extent that some posters may have to endure, but it does happen to us every once in a while.
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There is no excuse to hire people based on race. Take the best person for the job. I get what your saying about the police but it just doesnt work that way. I have seen many examples where they lower the requirements for visible minorities just to fill their ranks with them. That is a safety hazard for both the other officers and the public. The police could hire a third generation chinese canadian because they want to represent the chinese community, but the chances are this thrid generation chinese canadian has the same knowledge as the 5th generation white boy about chinese language and culture.
Take the best person for the job not just because they represent a portion of the community.