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Discrimination at [name removed] University | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 hidden)
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by Anonymous Hero on Wed Jul 02, 2003 at 01:49:20 PM PDT

By contacting the Affirmative Action Office of the university, you have made the correct first step. This is the only official avenue for grievance in the case of job searches failed due to discrimination. For any more active response than you've already seen, you'll need to file a lawsuit against the institution--which is an emotionally and monetarily costly endeavor.

Before doing anything so drastic, consider getting more information about the results of the search, in general. The department head should fill you in on some of the reasons that you were not hired. You should approach him/her in a nonconfrontational manner in order to make the discussion useful. Take the comments to heart and consider them in your future job searches.

I echo jvano in asking you to honestly appraise the situation. We should all be very careful when slinging around accusations of discrimination. We are not all entitled to a job just because we want one; employers hire at their discretion and, hopefully, in the best interest of their institutions.


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