Comments on: Race or Gender Shouldn’t Be An Issue http://www.ronalfy.com/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/ Life is a blog. I wanna write it. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Morgan K Freeberg http://www.ronalfy.com/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/#comment-32592 Morgan K Freeberg Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:56:30 +0000 http://ronalfy.com/2007/01/15/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/#comment-32592 I'm all for an Endangered-Species Act for words in the English Language. Under my plan, words would be identified that, although they are not yet extinct, are in grave danger of losing their functionality and definition. First up would be "equality," because with very few exceptions, everyone who claims to want it, wants the exact opposite of it. Your ideas would be adopted, post-haste, if equality really meant what it was supposed to mean, when people throw it around...but it doesn't mean that anymore. The second would be "dialog(ue)." I'm looking at a certain Senator from Illinois who is running for President...although he is by no means the only offender. Again, whenever someone calls for having one, what they really want is the exact opposite. The back-and-forth communication that takes place in a real dialog is very different from what they have in mind. I’m all for an Endangered-Species Act for words in the English Language. Under my plan, words would be identified that, although they are not yet extinct, are in grave danger of losing their functionality and definition. First up would be “equality,” because with very few exceptions, everyone who claims to want it, wants the exact opposite of it. Your ideas would be adopted, post-haste, if equality really meant what it was supposed to mean, when people throw it around…but it doesn’t mean that anymore.

The second would be “dialog(ue).” I’m looking at a certain Senator from Illinois who is running for President…although he is by no means the only offender. Again, whenever someone calls for having one, what they really want is the exact opposite. The back-and-forth communication that takes place in a real dialog is very different from what they have in mind.

]]> By: cetroyer http://www.ronalfy.com/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/#comment-657 cetroyer Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:40:35 +0000 http://ronalfy.com/2007/01/15/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/#comment-657 What tends to bother me are quotas. For some reason, schools and workplaces mustly exactly reflect the ethnic/racial make-up of the surrounding area, or maybe of the US as a whole. I am reminded of an article I read (couldn't dig it up again) about a young girl from India who was Microsoft certified and got to go to Redmond and meet Mr. Gates. She asked him why his workforce wasn't half female? It strikes me as odd that a workforce should be half female since half of the world (rough estimate) is female. I'm for letting free-market competition determine who gets the jobs. Too bad there will always be people around to spoil the process. cetroyer What tends to bother me are quotas. For some reason, schools and workplaces mustly exactly reflect the ethnic/racial make-up of the surrounding area, or maybe of the US as a whole. I am reminded of an article I read (couldn’t dig it up again) about a young girl from India who was Microsoft certified and got to go to Redmond and meet Mr. Gates. She asked him why his workforce wasn’t half female? It strikes me as odd that a workforce should be half female since half of the world (rough estimate) is female.

I’m for letting free-market competition determine who gets the jobs. Too bad there will always be people around to spoil the process.

cetroyer

]]> By: Ronald Huereca http://www.ronalfy.com/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/#comment-650 Ronald Huereca Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:46:33 +0000 http://ronalfy.com/2007/01/15/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/#comment-650 @Bes, I thought you did a very good job regarding your points. Don't sell yourself short. Thanks for the feedback. @Bes,

I thought you did a very good job regarding your points. Don't sell yourself short. Thanks for the feedback.

]]> By: Bes Zain http://www.ronalfy.com/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/#comment-649 Bes Zain Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:22:52 +0000 http://ronalfy.com/2007/01/15/race-or-gender-shouldnt-be-an-issue/#comment-649 Very good points Ronald! I like your first point about celebrating a specific heritage only during that month. It's like birthdays of leaders, or famous elderly people who die: when they are alive, no one talks about them. But when they die or their birthday comes, everyone starts respecting them. Excellent point about "The first person" also. I mentioned long time ago on my site about people getting an Oscar and I compared Russell Crowe with Denzel Washington; how the announcer said "His first Oscar" for Russell while saying for Denzel "The first African American to get an Oscar", as if he was not an individual and could only be defined by his biological traits. You explain it well. Talent should be the element that must be noticed, not biological traits which are out of one's control. I also agree with you about the "race" question. I never understood why that was important. If I am buying car insurance, why do I need to mention my background culture? What does ethnicity have to do with buying homes, getting bank accounts and getting treated at a hospital? All these things are for tracking the number of people from each heritage that are out there. The presence of these "ethnic" questions on so many application forms for so many things in everyday life somehow results in many people thinking that there is some truth to the fact that not everyone is the same. Also, regarding gender, that's a nice quote. Gender should definitely be eliminated from all the forms. If someone wants to mention their gender they can put it in somewhere themselves to get extra benefit: like if they were pregnant and were applying for a new job and wanted to get some time off during pregnancy. Very well written post! I like your use of images in your posts. Thanks for sharing. I will have to work harder next time to write something as clear and good as this. :) Very good points Ronald! I like your first point about celebrating a specific heritage only during that month. It's like birthdays of leaders, or famous elderly people who die: when they are alive, no one talks about them. But when they die or their birthday comes, everyone starts respecting them.

Excellent point about "The first person" also. I mentioned long time ago on my site about people getting an Oscar and I compared Russell Crowe with Denzel Washington; how the announcer said "His first Oscar" for Russell while saying for Denzel "The first African American to get an Oscar", as if he was not an individual and could only be defined by his biological traits. You explain it well. Talent should be the element that must be noticed, not biological traits which are out of one's control.

I also agree with you about the "race" question. I never understood why that was important. If I am buying car insurance, why do I need to mention my background culture? What does ethnicity have to do with buying homes, getting bank accounts and getting treated at a hospital? All these things are for tracking the number of people from each heritage that are out there. The presence of these "ethnic" questions on so many application forms for so many things in everyday life somehow results in many people thinking that there is some truth to the fact that not everyone is the same. Also, regarding gender, that's a nice quote. Gender should definitely be eliminated from all the forms. If someone wants to mention their gender they can put it in somewhere themselves to get extra benefit: like if they were pregnant and were applying for a new job and wanted to get some time off during pregnancy.

Very well written post! I like your use of images in your posts. Thanks for sharing. I will have to work harder next time to write something as clear and good as this. :)

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