Black and Asian police
officers should benefit from positive
discrimination to get promoted into top jobs, a conference has heard. Keith Jarrett, the president of the
National Black Police Association (NBPA), said they should be appointed
to senior roles even if they are less qualified than
their white counterparts.
At
the NBPA's annual conference in Bristol, he said the police should
actively promote ethnic minorities to reflect the communities they
serve.
Mr Jarrett said two forces
had
promoted black officers above the rank of Chief Inspector even though
they had not
gained their Senior Command Course qualification. "The
reason for this is that they are the right persons for the job," he
said. "Affirmative action is having the right person for the job."
No! it means a
qualified
person is discriminated against in favour of someone who is not
qualified but is chosen simply because of their skin colour! and
nothing to do for being 'right for the job!!! How would it be seen if
we decided to use this disgusting 'positive discrimination' ourselves
and for example demanded that in Bradford every Black business had a
quota of whites to reflect communities? There would be riots!
However, Tony McNulty, the
Police Minister, said: "I'm not wild about positive action. "It's not
right that there is only one black chief constable in the country. But
I want people to advance on merit through a fair system."
Bloody ridiculous with
'Right
person for the Job' What if we decided that a surgeon should be
replaced by a comedian because they are funny and more prone to be a
success with people therefore 'Right for the Job'? Yes it's the most
ridiculous thing you likely to hear but same goes with any job. People
should get a job through hard work, dedication, qualification and move
up through success on their part and not because of skin colour!
Right: Not
enough Black policemen here! So they want to discriminate against
Whites to solve the problem?
