tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748145438074720133.post7066720936217633225..comments2023-10-05T06:45:00.360-04:00Comments on Plainly Speaking: A Question About EqualityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748145438074720133.post-69705352223889713072007-08-08T12:05:00.000-04:002007-08-08T12:05:00.000-04:00According to craigslist's terms of use, you can't ...According to craigslist's terms of use, you can't post material that ...<BR/><BR/><I>e) that violates federal, state, or local equal employment opportunity<BR/>laws, including but not limited to, stating in any advertisement for<BR/>employment a preference or requirement based on race, color, religion,<BR/>sex, national origin, age, or disability.</I><BR/><BR/>The advertiser should be called on that. The ad is just as wrong as one encouraging minorities, gays, women, whomever, NOT to apply. <BR/><BR/><I> >>I would want my kid to be taught by a really smart teacher, period.</I><BR/><BR/>What you said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748145438074720133.post-34773340217016236952007-08-07T12:58:00.000-04:002007-08-07T12:58:00.000-04:00I have to do some research to find the story, but ...I have to do some research to find the story, but there was an article in the Register recently out of New Haven where they were discussin the city's public schools, and someone made mention of the need to hire black teachers because the person making the remark thought that one of the problems kids in the city were having in school was that they were being taught by white teachers.<BR/>I personally didn't understand how the color of a teacher's skin would affect the information they are passing on to the students. It would seem to me that the city would want the best and brightest to teach the kids, regardless of race.<BR/>You're right, though, it IS alarming. If it's socially acceptable to say that black kids need black teachers, what happens when a parent says they don't want an openly gay teacher teaching their kids? Or if a white parent has a problem with their kids being taught by nonwhite teachers? Pretty crazy stuff. I would want my kid to be taught by a really smart teacher, period. Regardless of what some people think, I believe school is where kids go to learn things, skills and info, that they will need to get a good job and have a good life. Whoever can provide that should get the job.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411291904861537611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748145438074720133.post-57254411574346875072007-08-07T09:39:00.000-04:002007-08-07T09:39:00.000-04:00Very strange. I'm Hispanic and I think would be pu...Very strange. I'm Hispanic and I think would be put off by seeing a racially specific ad. I can understand the reasoning behind it -- perhaps Af. Am. children learn better with role models with whom they can relate. That's why we have pilot schools for just Af. Am. males. I don't know how effective those schools have been. I'm not worried about the tutor thing, but I am worried about how far it will go. It's alarming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com