bbc drops itself in the...ya know. (discrimination)

Fishbait · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:23

"Newsbeat is looking for a Trainee Multi-Media Journalist. This is a CreativeAccess scheme for people from a black, Asian or non-white ethnic minority background. Know anyone who'd be suitable?"

Funny to see twitter/reddit etc blow up over this (although it was a stupid move on beeb's part).

dowie · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:24

It's the BBC, they've been doing this for a while. See also police recruitment events aimed at non-white people etc..

Rich1988 · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:30

positive discrimination is allowed. for some bizzare reason.

WYNIR0 · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:34

The FA recently announced that they'd be doing similar. I don't have any problem with ensuring that people from all ethnicities and sexualities get an interview, But I feel that the most qualified person should get the role be they white, black, asian, gay, straight etc

Malevolence · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:34

In before the usual brigade of politically members descend on this thread to defend this blatant racism.

dowie · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:36

Rich1988 said:
positive discrimination is allowed. for some bizzare reason.

it isn't necessarily, the BBC's schemes are allowed because they're training and development programs not job adverts

the police campaigns for non-white people are usually for say recruitment evenings etc.. they won't advertise the new positions elsewhere but they also can't specifically ban white people from applying, a friend (a police officer) shared a post about this on Facebook which contained the contact details for the police recruiter for anyone who wasn't eligible to attend the recruitment event

hornetstinger · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:37

Put a advert for the opposite and see what happens.

LewisRaz · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:37

I was more offended by that attempt to underline the "non"

explicit4u · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:37

hornetstinger said:
Put a advert for the opposite and see what happens.

Why would you need to advertise to only white people?

hornetstinger · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:41

explicit4u said:
Why would you need to advertise to only white people?

Why would you want to advertise to blacks, asian and non whites? (apart from being racist)

Well if BBC can be racist in job applications can I be too?

Raymond Lin · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:46

OP and a bunch of people missed the entire point.

Creative Access Scheme. It says right there.

https://creativeaccess.org.uk

It's a scheme for minorities. Why would a scheme designed for minorities looking for the majority?

It would be akin to a scheme to get disable people jobs.

Raymond Lin · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:47

WYNIR0 said:
The FA recently announced that they'd be doing similar. I don't have any problem with ensuring that people from all ethnicities and sexualities get an interview, But I feel that the most qualified person should get the role be they white, black, asian, gay, straight etc

That is the Rooney Rule, from American Football.

explicit4u · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:48

hornetstinger said:
Why would you want to advertise to blacks, asian and non whites? (apart from being racist)

Well if BBC can be racist in job applications can I be too?

To encourage more BAME into an industry where they are under represented.

And that depends, why would you want to post a racist advert?

hornetstinger · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:48

Raymond Lin said:
OP and a bunch of people missed the entire point.

Creative Access Scheme. It says right there.

https://creativeaccess.org.uk

It's a scheme for minorities. Why would a scheme designed for minorities looking for the majority?

It's still discrimination.

If I set up a "white straight male" group and advertise jobs it's still discriminationatory to all non white straight males.

Raymond Lin · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:49

hornetstinger said:
It's still discrimination.

If I set up a "white straight male" group and advertise jobs it's still discriminationatory to all non white straight males.

What if its a scheme to get disabled people jobs?

Are you going to be upset about that too?

esoteric · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:51

Raymond Lin said:
OP and a bunch of people missed the entire point.

Creative Access Scheme. It says right there.

https://creativeaccess.org.uk

It's a scheme for minorities. Why would a scheme designed for minorities looking for the majority?

It would be akin to a scheme to get disable people jobs.

With this known there's not really anything to complain about. On the surface where people are looking though.. racism!

dowie · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:51

Raymond Lin said:
It would be akin to a scheme to get disable people jobs.

because minorities are disabled? :confused:

Raymond Lin · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:52

dowie said:
because minorities are disabled?

Because it is a scheme.

And FYI, you quoted me first this time.

Caged · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:53

Big fan of pointless Twitter / Reddit outrage spilling over into GD posts

Mason- · 20 Jan 2018 at 22:53

Raymond Lin said:
What if its a scheme to get disabled people jobs?

Are you going to be upset about that too?

Are you really saying that white people aren't in the same group as BAME, but BAME are in the group alongside disabled. Do you know how derogatory you sound.

'Positive' discrimination is a joke, and the last thing it is is positive.