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From: Mika.Pyyhkala@f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Mika Pyyhkala)
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Subject: Re: blind politics
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Date: 28 Jun 91 14:46:50 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi,
I am curious?
If you, I, or any other blind person goes for a job interview,
and let's say the employer says the job has been filled, and
then we see an add in the paper two days later,
wouldn't that be a textbook discrimination lawsuit victory.
What excuse could the employer give.  They could say
that they found someone, and then
decided aagainst the person, but the
lawyers could subpoena the aleged person.
I'm not purshing the lawsuit idea soely for personal
proffit, but it also would teach employers, although
admitidly in a harsh way, that they should not discriminate
against the blind, and have reservations,m
and not even try to resolve them.
Have you ever called one of these people in a situation
like you described, and if so what did they say?
Personally, I'm just going into my sophmore year in
college, so I haven't had the pleasure of
experiencing these problems full-fledged yet.
In terms of college job hunting, ppeople don't seem to
act in a discriminatory manner, and have
generally been willing to try to work out alternative
techniques.
Talk to you,
Mika

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