Resume Time...come on in for a laugh!
- Thread starter saint
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Perhaps you should have left those resumes out of your little entertainment offering.
Seriously, I'm in your neck of the woods, probably have about $1,000 worth of dental work to be done and haven't established a dentist in the Raleigh area. Sadly, I'm assumed to be a redneck whose a few decades behind who just might have a problem if you had a receptionist named Keiana who might, God forbid, be black!
While Raleigh may not be as ethnically diverse as, say Charlotte, there are many people here who are not dumb rednecks! You justify your bigotry with your desire to have a successful business. Did you not think that Aiesha or Nikia might have lots of friends or relatives who might need a dentist or are you only targeting white rednecks for your marketing? It sounds like you've elevated yourself above your potential employees AND your potential clientele and don't seem to have a lot of respect for either group.
By the way, the truly dumb, prejudiced rednecks don't go to dentists anyway!
VaNurse if a mom in this area walks into my office that I spent a year and a half and hundreds of thousands of dollars building, and there is a girl named whatever with a high school education or less speaking improper English, she's not going to step another foot further into my office. . Generalizations exist for a reason. I obviously want my practice to portray a certain image, a certain brand, a certain quality....and with certain people, whatever their ethnicity, you can't do that. So get off your high horse. It's my business and part of the reward of taking the risk in opening my own business is that I get to decide who I employ. If I wanted to be regulated by higher authorities and the moral police I'd go work for the govt.
You're ridiculous in calling me a bigot. Really just absurd. Yes, I am targeting my business at middle to upper class, educated (college education) households. I'm a specialist, as such I'm more expensive, and those households are the ones who will a) see the value in my education and what I can provide and b) can afford my services. I'm sorry if, in this area, that excludes a large portion of the african american community. That doesn't make me a freaking bigot. So, whether you like it or not, those middle or upper class North Carolinians are going to feel more natural staring at joe schmoe who looks, talks, and dresses like them than someone who is drastically different. Do you expect makers of diapers to market to college students? Do you think Morehouse College is out there recruiting in private boarding schools? That doesn't make them bigots, and your casual use of the word shows your complete ignorance on the conversation.
You're ridiculous in calling me a bigot. Really just absurd. Yes, I am targeting my business at middle to upper class, educated (college education) households. I'm a specialist, as such I'm more expensive, and those households are the ones who will a) see the value in my education and what I can provide and b) can afford my services. I'm sorry if, in this area, that excludes a large portion of the african american community. That doesn't make me a freaking bigot. So, whether you like it or not, those middle or upper class North Carolinians are going to feel more natural staring at joe schmoe who looks, talks, and dresses like them than someone who is drastically different. Do you expect makers of diapers to market to college students? Do you think Morehouse College is out there recruiting in private boarding schools? That doesn't make them bigots, and your casual use of the word shows your complete ignorance on the conversation.
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You pretty completely missed her point, but maybe it would be easier if we knew your definition of a bigot because making a decision based solely on someone's name and what ethnicity that name represents would qualify under my definition.
bigot: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
You missed the point. This has nothing to do with my beliefs. It has to do with my need to run a business. There is no hatred involved, no prejudice, just a need to fill a position that is the best fit for my practice. And for my demographics in this area certain people are just not good fits. Being a bigot or racist would equate to me treating patients differently based on their race, which I can assure you has never happened. If a team passes on a recruit because he's not tall enough to play, say, center. They aren't displaying bigotry to short people. The person just didn't fit the role.
VaNurse I work 3 days a week at a hospital in a small town on the eastern part of the state in a town with over 50% minorities. I know just about every employee's name down to the janitors. They would all laugh at you labeling me a bigot.
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I'm a bigot against janitors too :0074 You should have seen their faces, I was the only doc to ever stop to ask them their name after passing them in the hall enough times.
jack, retire this to the dumpster, was just trying to add a laugh to our day
I know you were. Thanks for trying. :toast:
