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While doing the hud projects in downtown kc a couple decades ago I was required to have 10% minorities on my crews. Yes, it was very hard to get qualified help. Most of the time it was a revolving door of new hires that simply didn't show up after a few days. And HUD inspectors walked the project every few days with a clipboard looking for compliance violations. My lowest paid position was 16.00 to push a broom and that was about 20 years ago so it's not like I was paying a shit wage.I never had any problems hiring minorities was you not able to find any?I bid the contract for the bathrooms at the new airport but because I lacked minorities on my crew I was not qualified.How much has it kept you from earning a living?For starters we should be focusing on one's qualifications for jobs/positions not their skin tone, nationality or gender. We have taken the quota system and turned it on its head. While it may have started under the best of intentions we have bastardized it beyond recognitionDefine normal .Nearly each day we hear about some high profile or media personality being canceled for something they said or did in their distant past. People having their lives turned upside down because of things they said or did as a teenager or young adult. You know, that point in ALL OUR LIVES where we say or do stupid shit in a rebellious manner as we all seek out our own individualism/identity. Something that the new left seem to find HIGHLY offensive (individualism)
Just imagine us if we were younger and the internet existed during our formative years.
Most of us were fully grown by the time the internet came around but what would happen if our identities and posts on USMB were exposed and connected to us as individuals?
Our online personas do not define who we are. For me they are a mere outlet to be snarky without the chance that anyone actually gets personally injured or offended. Yeah, I have some opinions that don't mesh with others. We all do. At some point the pendulum will swing back and YOU may wind up on the cancel block. Our individualism is what makes us a unique species. Seeking to destroy that will lead to our downfall.
Can we recover from this cancer that is currently consuming us?
But this isn't just about me or you.
I can tell you about the unwritten system that does keep people like you and me from those elevated positions that I did shoot for but fell short because I failed to play their game or have any assets they deemed desirable.
The problem on this bid was I did not have an existing crew to pass their standards. I would have hired after being awarded the bid.