Monday, May 29, 2006
Equal Opportunity - Apparently not for dissent
The equal opportunity issue is still around.
This column goes a long way toward explaining why...
This column goes a long way toward explaining why...
In the Wall Street Opinion Journal, Roger Clegg describes his recent experience:
"Last month, I received an invitation to testify before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about affirmative action and diversity in U.S. companies. The testimony was scheduled for today, and I was asked to share my written statement to the commission beforehand, last Thursday, which I did. Late Friday afternoon I received a phone call from the commission, telling me that because of what I had to say, my invitation had been withdrawn by its chairman, Cari M. Dominguez."
"I urged the commission to reconsider this decision because it would put the commission in general and the chairman in particular in a bad light. Yesterday I was notified that the entire meeting--not just my panel, but two others--has been 'indefinitely postponed.'"
