Omegaman <omega@bigeasy.com> writes:
On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, Mark Rosen wrote:
* You are making glaring generalizations regarding all members of an ethnic body; you don't seem to realize that intellect is based not on color or how you talk but on your brain (which has the same color and other basic properties in all humans, I believe)
That's not what was said. He said he would not hire on the basis of a person's inability to speak the English language. That has nothing whatsoever to do with color. If you can't communicate with your co-workers, how can you expect to get any work done?
In this case you're right - ability to communicate is a bona fide occupational qualification. But he should be able to refuse to hire them if he doesn't like the color of their skin. Fuck the gubmint interference. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps