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Should The Met Introduce Positive Discrimination?
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I personally don't think they should, but what they should do is make sure whoever they recruit they are the proper person for the job, regardless of the fact that they are from the ethnic minorities.
Incidentally why do they always assume that the ethnic minorities have a black skin, if the exercise is to make the Met more representative of London, then we should have Indian officers, Chinese officers, Polish officers, Romanian officers, Bulgarian officers, Jewish officers, etc, etc and of course an equal mix of male and female officers from all these groups.
Oh sorry I missed out others from all the various sexual orientations.
I personally don't think they should, but what they should do is make sure whoever they recruit they are the proper person for the job, regardless of the fact that they are from the ethnic minorities.
Incidentally why do they always assume that the ethnic minorities have a black skin, if the exercise is to make the Met more representative of London, then we should have Indian officers, Chinese officers, Polish officers, Romanian officers, Bulgarian officers, Jewish officers, etc, etc and of course an equal mix of male and female officers from all these groups.
Oh sorry I missed out others from all the various sexual orientations.
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Ah...but even if there *are* the same proportion of non-whites who want to join the Met, because the ethnic population of London is not 50%, they still wouldn't be able to meet the 50/50 rate.
I suspect that the police are still mistrusted by ethnic minorities in London, which means that as a career option, the force is not seen as attractive.
There's also the 'self fulfilling prophecy' thing. If one looks at the upper echelons of the Met and sees only white male faces, it could subconsciously plan the seed that "I don't stand a chance getting on there".
I suspect the same held true for women, at least in the past...until strong female leaders started being promoted through the ranks.
Ah...but even if there *are* the same proportion of non-whites who want to join the Met, because the ethnic population of London is not 50%, they still wouldn't be able to meet the 50/50 rate.
I suspect that the police are still mistrusted by ethnic minorities in London, which means that as a career option, the force is not seen as attractive.
There's also the 'self fulfilling prophecy' thing. If one looks at the upper echelons of the Met and sees only white male faces, it could subconsciously plan the seed that "I don't stand a chance getting on there".
I suspect the same held true for women, at least in the past...until strong female leaders started being promoted through the ranks.
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/// There's also the 'self fulfilling prophecy' thing. If one looks at the upper echelons of the Met and sees only white male faces, ///
A little exaggeration sp, not all white and male.
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/// There's also the 'self fulfilling prophecy' thing. If one looks at the upper echelons of the Met and sees only white male faces, ///
A little exaggeration sp, not all white and male.
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