Submitted on Sunday 26th November 2017
Rejected on Monday 4th December 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop the racist hiring practices of the BBC and other public service providers
The BBC has decided that diversity is more important than hiring the most qualified people for the job. Through the use of diversity quotas, the BBC has blocked access to internships for white applicants. This wouldn't be accepted if it were affecting ethnic minorities and shouldn't be accepted now.
This is blatant racism, it is against the law and should is being funded by tax payers.
Internship Application:
http://www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.aspx?jobid=63564
Articles:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/670266/BBC-advert-white-people-ethnic-equality-staff-job-internship
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/03/bbc-criticised-by-mps-and-job-applicants-over-training-placement/
Put 'BBC racist hiring' into a search engine. There are many articles about this and it is not being addressed.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government and Parliament are not responsible for investigating complaints that job adverts may breach equality law.
You can find out more about the law in this area, and how to raise a complaint that an advert may be discriminatory, in this guide from the independent Equality and Human Rights Commission:
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/ehrc_advertising_-_make_inquiries_12.pdf
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