Is anything being done to tackle deafism at work? Is anything being done to tackle ageism at work? It is supposedly deaf awareness week - has anything changed? NO
Southampton is the most deaf unaware city in the UK.

Follow the money. Just another bunch of ex-students who can't do a real job and decide to get some public money to make a film. Notice that it doesn't discuss the root causes of racism.

How many languages will this be made in?

hulla wrote:
How many languages will this be made in?

You can bet it will not be in French or Spanish.

Sue wrote:
Is anything being done to tackle deafism at work? Is anything being done to tackle ageism at work? It is supposedly deaf awareness week - has anything changed? NO Southampton is the most deaf unaware city in the UK.

you are right that all the issues need to be addressed but I think racism must be the largest problem.

I used to work for a company who would openly throw cv's in the bin that had any foreign name on them without even looking at the rest of the cv.

This is clearly unacceptable. Not only that, they may have missed out on some great employees.

Yes.

Christoff wrote:

Sue wrote: Is anything being done to tackle deafism at work? Is anything being done to tackle ageism at work? It is supposedly deaf awareness week - has anything changed? NO Southampton is the most deaf unaware city in the UK.

you are right that all the issues need to be addressed but I think racism must be the largest problem. I used to work for a company who would openly throw cv's in the bin that had any foreign name on them without even looking at the rest of the cv. This is clearly unacceptable. Not only that, they may have missed out on some great employees.

I certainly agree that a firm may miss a good employee. When I pass CV's around to departmental heads I remove certain information in line with best practice. This includes nationality, name, age and gender.

But at the end of the day an employer should not be required by law to employ certain members of society. If that were the case local Indian restaurants would have Polish, French, Spanish and even English waiters. We all know the special dispensation for Indian restaurants and that they are a closed shop.

Some minorities need to be careful what they wish for.

What do I do now?

Go home.

Big Cog wrote:

Christoff wrote:

Sue wrote: Is anything being done to tackle deafism at work? Is anything being done to tackle ageism at work? It is supposedly deaf awareness week - has anything changed? NO Southampton is the most deaf unaware city in the UK.

you are right that all the issues need to be addressed but I think racism must be the largest problem. I used to work for a company who would openly throw cv's in the bin that had any foreign name on them without even looking at the rest of the cv. This is clearly unacceptable. Not only that, they may have missed out on some great employees.

I certainly agree that a firm may miss a good employee. When I pass CV's around to departmental heads I remove certain information in line with best practice. This includes nationality, name, age and gender. But at the end of the day an employer should not be required by law to employ certain members of society. If that were the case local Indian restaurants would have Polish, French, Spanish and even English waiters. We all know the special dispensation for Indian restaurants and that they are a closed shop. Some minorities need to be careful what they wish for.

agreed, I don't approve of racism and at the same time I don't believe in 'positive discrimination'. They are opposite ends of the same stick

If you use BSL in any business, you are either laughed at, totally ignored or thought of as stupid. I have two degrees so I am none of the above. As soon as an employer reads deaf - the answer is NO. Life is excruciatingly lonely for BSL users - businesses, shops, libraries and churches totally ignore your needs. Deaf people are totally discriminated against in this city. Ageism is rife in this city. The Odeon Cinema stated it is for young people only.

Sue wrote:
If you use BSL in any business, you are either laughed at, totally ignored or thought of as stupid. I have two degrees so I am none of the above. As soon as an employer reads deaf - the answer is NO. Life is excruciatingly lonely for BSL users - businesses, shops, libraries and churches totally ignore your needs. Deaf people are totally discriminated against in this city. Ageism is rife in this city. The Odeon Cinema stated it is for young people only.

My brother-in-law has two degrees. I am afraid he is a bit of an idiot although he read two science based subjects.

What did you read?

A DVD, now why has it taken this long for anyone to have this brainwave? That is all our problems solved. The geniuses behind this project should definitely consider making a world peace / hunger and / or a greenhouse emissions DVD. That'll make this world a better place.

WELL DONE EVERYONE

Someone once said that you should respect others as you respect yourself (5 points for guessing who). I've brought my kids up to know that humans are the same anatomically and that regardless of colour they should still be respected as humans.

As for Leisure World, Harbour Lights and whatever the Ocean Village cinema is called this week are much better places.

Denzil wrote:

hulla wrote: How many languages will this be made in?

You can bet it will not be in French or Spanish.

or English!

Condor Man wrote:
Someone once said that you should respect others as you respect yourself (5 points for guessing who). I've brought my kids up to know that humans are the same anatomically and that regardless of colour they should still be respected as humans. As for Leisure World, Harbour Lights and whatever the Ocean Village cinema is called this week are much better places.

Well done Condor, you have your intelligent head on.

Dont know what the hell you are on about in the second para though......

if you dont like it you no where the door is(am i allowed to say that in my own country)

Christoff:

"I used to work for a company who would openly throw cv's in the bin that had any foreign name on them without even looking at the rest of the cv"

Blimey - Christoff used to work in the BNP office?

King Mush wrote:
Christoff: "I used to work for a company who would openly throw cv's in the bin that had any foreign name on them without even looking at the rest of the cv" Blimey - Christoff used to work in the BNP office?

lol, it may as well have been

I've brought my kids up to know that humans are the same anatomically

Not strictly true. For instance, black people have heavier bones than white people. Why d'you think there are virtually no (any?) black Olympic swimmers, for example?

Note that I'm merely pointing out a scientific fact, not in any way denigrating coloured people

The video is racist, its discusting and needs sorting out, where do i make a complaint.