Yes, but why aren't they hiring someone because they are black or white or whatever?

They should be allowed to hire or not hire someone based on race

It's their business after all

They should be able to choose who they hire or don't hire

well someone in charge of a big corp might say "mUh RePARations" .. and decide not to hire white ppl for example

Well that's racist

That would damage the business too much

depends what area they are in

But my question was designed to give rise to the question "How do you know the decision to hire or not hire a white or black or whatever person was racist"?

Think about all the skilled workers they would lose

in portland USA it might be good for business ;P

@Eccles It shouldn't matter, I believe that a business should be able to hire or not hire someone for any reason

That's clear, lizard

Eccles, I mean like.. if the corp has a policy literally saying, no <insert race>

You're for repealing the human rights act, and I totally support that - there should be no protected characteristics in society

Pretty much

And the Race Relations Act

Why though, wacka? You're assuming their motives

what motive could there be when a corp has a policy of "no <insert race>"?

Racism. Practicality

so its pretty safe to assume the motive is racism then..

Sidestepping to another protected characteristic, religion, should a company set up to maintain and run mosques and further the Islamic faith be banned from preferring Islamic applications?

Should a womans refuge be banned from preferring to hire women?

why cant men be hired at a womans refuge?

in fact... wouldnt it be preferable to have some men there?

Nope

The 'customers' might have a preference for women

thats just going to psychological mess them up more

It's what happens now

they need to get back to some resemblance of normality...

Because muhxxtoxicmasculinity

in the real world... men exist... they cant hide forever

they need to be around men to realise #NotAllMen or whatever

Besides the point though, both those examples would be considered reasonable by todays standards

Tbf, when people are in a mental unstable place, pandering (I.E. hiring only women at womens shelters) might not be awful

So if those are considered reasonable, it proves there isn't a black and white standard

When someone is so broken, you might need to nurture them a bit before you can bring them back to standard society

And if there isn't a black and white standard, the question then becomes "Who are you to decide what justifies unreasonable discrimination?"

By what metric are we deciding?

its not black or white... its a basic foundation of protecting individual rights

Except it's not