I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but listen.

Recently, ideas have been floating around the British government that amount to something they're calling positive discrimination. This basically means that employers will be encouraged to put the fit and healthy white male at the back of the line if there is a job where all applicants have equally fitting experience/qualifications, or in a job where no qualifications or experience are required.

They say that this is a drive to make the UK a better place for everyone. As far as the House of Lords is concerned, this little thing is going to sink.

But the principle remains, and that's what I'd like to ask you: in a multicultural society, should something called positive discrimination be considered to level, in one way, the playing field? Or is it just the government being racist against its own people?

Is thet disadvantaged Polish person more deserving of a job than a fit native? But, moreover, can discrimination ever be called positive?