Really?🤦🏼♀️
These posts pop up periodically and are mind numbingly tedious.
Is TFL being “racist against white people” by offering an internship to those with a minority ethnic background?
Or is it possible there’s more to this than the screenshot and tweet suggest?🤷🏼♀️
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These posts pop up periodically and are mind numbingly tedious.
Is TFL being “racist against white people” by offering an internship to those with a minority ethnic background?
Or is it possible there’s more to this than the screenshot and tweet suggest?🤷🏼♀️
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And guess what?
White people can apply to every single one of them👍🏼
What?😱
But the screenshot says you have to be from a minority ethnic background??
Yes - that SCREENSHOT does indeed suggest that
Selective cropping…..
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https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/internships-and-placements
The one in question is the Stuart Ross Comms internship
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And oh…. Would you look at that??
It’s not just for ethnic minorities! It’s also for those with a disability and those from a poor family background.
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The lengths some people will go to to feel oppressed is really quite something!🤦🏼♀️
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Well, there’s one aimed at supporting women into the bus and coach industry as they’re hugely underrepresented there.
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So don’t worry, the rich white kids with all the right contacts can still get a chance of an apprenticeship👍🏼
They just won’t get to join the one aimed at helping those without inherent privilege
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