Tag: affirmative action
Help Wanted -- Job With British Government. White Brits Need Not Apply.
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 07:29:43 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
18-year-old Abigail Howarth of Bedfordshire in England thought she was a natural for a training position with the Environment Agency. Abigail, who is waiting results in her A-Levels in environmental science, geography, and geology, submitted her application for a position which would pay her a (UK) £13,000-a-year tax-free grant. Imagine her surprise at being turned down. Imagine her shock at the reason for the turndown -- she's a white Briton and the Environment Agency isn't having any of that.
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