[Igottago]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

I have twice. A police service..not to mention which one...hired a native even when he failed his physical requirements. The guy was over 300 pounds and couldn't pass have the physical requirements...yet they hired him because they needed more native representative within the service. The same hiring competition they hired a female that couldn't pass the PARE test. She weight maybe 80 pounds and could not push the the weights on the push and pull portion of the test. She was hired aswell.

Seeing since there was only 2 positions available I didn't get one, yet I made it right to the final portion of the hiring process.

How does that make you feel that we have people protecting us yet they cannot meet the minimum physical requirements?? Hired only beause the were a visible minority.

Maybe they need the native guy to deal with issues involving native youth, native communities etc..so yeah, okay, he was less qualified than you in the general sense..but maybe he is more qualified than you in terms of the police force having to deal with native communities. Maybe they need some women on the force who can deal with issues of prostitution, domestic abuse, etc...are you more qualified than her in that sense?? Sure you're tougher, stronger, in better shape than the two examples you gave, but there are reasons they hire those other people...its not simply to pick on white guys like you.