But what if there's a business need to reflect the makeup of the community? What then? Arguably, there is in firefighting, as in all public services. As a gay white middle class US/British male I realise it's frustrating that somebody else gets a +5 Sword of Skin Color, but this is one of the things that you and I need to suck it up and start examining our privilege. We start out with a +25% Interview Crit advantage, and a +5 Dex for our higher likelihood of extensive work experience because we are not ourselves bearing children, and all kinds of other stuff.
I totally don't want to derail you with terminology, but you might also want to think about your use of "colored person" -- my understanding is that "person of color" is currently the most inclusive phrase in the US. Here, "ethnic minority" is en vogue. "Colored person" tends to smack of 60s-era segregation to me.
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Date: 2009-06-29 10:30 pm (UTC)I totally don't want to derail you with terminology, but you might also want to think about your use of "colored person" -- my understanding is that "person of color" is currently the most inclusive phrase in the US. Here, "ethnic minority" is en vogue. "Colored person" tends to smack of 60s-era segregation to me.