A quick debrief of the "ghetto dude" story:
Evon Reid, a (black) UofT Student and job candidate was described as "ghetto dude" in an internal email by a provincial government employee, to which he was mistakenly made privy. He was contacted shortly thereafter by the Premier of Ontario himself,(Dalton McGuinty,) who apologized for the descriminatory language used by the cabinet staffer who wrote the email. She is a political science student... zing!
Score one for civil libertarianism, score negative one for using it at work!
Anyhooski, a good friend from my high school days, Mr.Ike Awgu wrote a well-versed comment which is up on the globe and mail site. Check out "Discrimination: more than a matter of semantics" if you're interested in this story. Good to see my former schoolmates unleashing those smarts!
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