Written by Raven Clabough |
Friday, 26 August 2011 12:02 |
President Obama has signed yet another Executive Order — his 94th to date — creating an Office of Diversity for the purpose of boosting minority participation in the federal work force. The mission for the Order reads: By this order, I am directing executive departments and agencies to develop and implement a more comprehensive, integrated, and strategic focus on diversity and inclusion as a key component of their human resources strategies. According to Judicial Watch, in an effort to complete the mission set forth by the Executive Order, the Obama administration has created special initiatives to target Hispanics, African Americans, American Indians, women, gays, and lesbians. (Perhaps the Village People, pictured above left, might serve as models for the campaign.) Besides the obvious lack of constitutional authority for the federal government to engage in such a task, some observers are wondering why the federal government appears more concerned by the ethnicity or race of those who work for it than for the capabilities and qualifications of those workers. The federal government already maintains an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which currently investigates and enforces federal discrimination laws. The EEOC website explains of the agency’s role: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. It is also illegal to discriminate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit. Most employers with at least 15 employees are covered by EEOC laws (20 employees in age discrimination cases). Most labor unions and employment agencies are also covered. The laws apply to all types of work situations, including hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages, and benefits. more>> |
An ethical person - like a politician, banker or lawyer - may know right from wrong, but unlike many of them, a moral person lives it. An Americanist first already knows that. Bankers and their government agents will always act in their own best interests. Any residual benefit flowing down to the citizens by happenstance will just be litter.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Obama Creates Office of Diversity Via Executive Order
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