Comments on: Racism Charges http://beregondsbar.com/racism-charges/ A Small "l" libertarian Geek's Online Hangout Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tweets that mention Racism Charges | Beregond's Bar -- Topsy.com http://beregondsbar.com/racism-charges/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Tweets that mention Racism Charges | Beregond's Bar -- Topsy.com Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:24:01 +0000 http://beregondsbar.com/?p=89#comment-46 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Beregond, Beregond. Beregond said: @QueenofSpain I had some thoughts about the NAACP situation last night. http://bit.ly/ag7h46 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Beregond, Beregond. Beregond said: @QueenofSpain I had some thoughts about the NAACP situation last night. http://bit.ly/ag7h46 [...]

]]> By: E. L. Devlin http://beregondsbar.com/racism-charges/comment-page-1/#comment-45 E. L. Devlin Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:32:18 +0000 http://beregondsbar.com/?p=89#comment-45 Wow. I've never heard this issue put so well, so succinctly before. We do run a severe danger as a species in mislabeling racists. It waters down the charge. How can we fix something if the definition becomes so wide ranging that everyone is guilty of it? I think it is often a red herring to avoid addressing what a person may be guilty of beyond not agreeing with another. This makes this practice doubly dangerous since it stops dialog in its tracks. In the example you cite the conversation seemed to stop after the charge of racism which also stopped the ability for you to adapt your demands to a more realistic level or for your employee to learn how to improve her performance. The charge accomplished nothing other than keeping HR busy. Thank you for putting this out there and making us think. Wow. I’ve never heard this issue put so well, so succinctly before. We do run a severe danger as a species in mislabeling racists. It waters down the charge. How can we fix something if the definition becomes so wide ranging that everyone is guilty of it? I think it is often a red herring to avoid addressing what a person may be guilty of beyond not agreeing with another. This makes this practice doubly dangerous since it stops dialog in its tracks. In the example you cite the conversation seemed to stop after the charge of racism which also stopped the ability for you to adapt your demands to a more realistic level or for your employee to learn how to improve her performance. The charge accomplished nothing other than keeping HR busy.

Thank you for putting this out there and making us think.

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