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Tag Archives: Racism
The Leader as Teacher
08-12-11 -- Great leaders and great teachers share many of the same attributes: competence, compassion, purpose, patience, a commitment to learning, discovery, excellence and the fulfillment of human potential; their communication promotes understanding. Can a great leader and a great teacher be … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: consent decree, IABPFF, Leadership, Muslim, Racism, sexism Categories: Newsletter
Take a Look: “Black Smoke, Black Skin” Film Trailer
01-12-11 -- The Vulcan Society formed to help end discrimination and segregation of African Americans in FDNY. “Black Smoke, Black Skin” is an upcoming documentary film that provides both a historic and current perspective on the struggle of Black firefighters at FDNY. … Read More >
Posted by: Larry Sagen Tags: Diversity, inclusion, New York, News, Racism, video Categories: Media
Fighting Fire with Quotas (City Journal)
10-27-10 -- NOTE: This article is traveling around the web, fueling the old flames of affirmative action and quotas. For the record, diversity and inclusion are NOT ABOUT LOWERING STANDARDS. FIRE 20/20′s mission is a QUALIFIED, DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE and SAFETY-CONSCIOUS fire service. … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: Affirmative Action, Diversity, FDNY, inclusion, Racism, recruitment, retention, sexism, Testing, women Categories: Article
Compromise lets FDNY hire 300 probationary firefighters from ‘discriminatory’ exam
09-14-10 -- BY John Marzulli, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER, Tuesday, September 14th 2010 A judge who ruled the FDNY’s written exam blocks out minorities will let 300 probies be hired from a tainted test under a deal he admits sounds like racial quotas. Judge Nicholas Garaufis on … Read More >
Posted by: Larry Sagen Tags: Discrimination, Diversity, New York, Racism, Testing Categories: Article
DETOUR-SPOTTING for white anti-racists
05-14-10 -- For white people living in North America learning to be anti-racist is a re-education process. We must unlearn our thorough racist conditioning to re-educate and re-condition ourselves as anti-racists. There is scant social or political encouragement for this journey of … Read More >
Posted by: Larry Sagen Tags: anti-racist, Racism, skills Categories: Newsletter
