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Law Firm Confused About Diverse
December 15th, 2006

The Providence Business News has this story about the new diversity scholarship program offered by Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

This appears on the application form:

Applicants must be a member of a diverse group: for example African American, American Indian, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Gay/Lesbian, or other minority group.

African Americans constitute a diverse group, but European Americans don't? Heterosexuals aren't a diverse group? Minorities are diverse, but majorities are not?
Banning Christmas So as Not to Offend
December 15th, 2006

The word from the across the pond:

"But what I found so shocking this week was a survey from a law firm, Peninsula, revealing that three out of four British employers have banned conventional Christmas decorations, lest they offend employees of other faiths. Bosses, the report said, are worried that they could be - wait for it - sued if they were to allow displays of Christian joy, but not those of other religions. Can they be serious? If that were not bad enough, the health-and-safety stormtroopers are parking their tanks on our tinsel. Santa's sleighs need seat-belts, and mince pies must be 'risk-assessed' before being handed out to children."