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From The Providence Journal?s ?Diversity Calendar

Diversity Calendar: Sept. 7

The Rhode Island Affirmative Action Professionals is looking for people to join in a meeting to talk about creative ways to recruit people of color for jobs in the public and private sectors.

The meeting is at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, at East Providence City Hall, 145 Taunton Ave.

Two points:

1. Is it legal for a city government to allow its facilities to be used by an organization whose purpose is to promote race-based hiring?

2. RIAAP says that its membership

is open to all persons interested in affirmative action, equal employment opportunity and related professions, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

How nice. Except that the organization is based on and dedicated to the proposition that employers, both public and private, should hire and promote with regard to race, color, etc., etc.

How odd.

Full post as published by Discriminations on September 08, 2009 (boomark / email).