White Males Need Not Apply
The Richmond fire department just outside Vancouver is evidently committing controversy again ... Leaked documents state that for the next five years, it will consider hiring only women and minority males. This in an effort to create some balance in a department that now comprises 191 male firefighters. Eight are minorities. No women. And, in a community with a high Chinese population, there are no Chinese firefighters. But if the proposed policy goes into effect, no white males need apply. For five years.