Part 4: Affirmative Action is no “Action Jackson” at MnDOT
By Donald W.R. Allen,II – Editor in Chief/IBNN and USA Radical Black
Last week at MnDOT and internal email was sent to select employees at MnDOT regarding the recent stories posted on IBNN.
The email read: (Unedited):
From: Prescott, Mary (DOT)
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:47 AM
Re: Part 3 – Who signs off on 0% goals and 0% goals achieved at MnDOT?
FYI for internal use only – this will be discussed at the DBE and Workforce Development Collaborative Group meeting on Friday. Specifically, hopefully, 1) Lennie Chism bringing Donny Allen a newsperson who seemed only there looking for a story and he did not state that this is why he was there; and 2) it was agreed to “no surprises” at the last meeting and this has been the fourth surprise from Mr. Chism; ground roles for media and the hard work going forth with all the project teams.
Note: The email above is just another example of bigotry at MnDOT for the acting civil rights director to single out two Black men, asking questions about a 17 year trend of failure in an attempt to address, solve and recommend a plan of action. This top-of-mind attention is not wanted at MnDOT, hence, 1% in federally funded contracts to minority contractors.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation employee base is a “protected class” of the government workforce. They have the “Cadillac” of benefits that aren’t affected by the current economic status of non-government working-class Minnesotans. Read more
Part One: Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Good Faith Effort or an invocation of “White Privilege”
“We declare our right on this earth…to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.” ~Malcolm X
By Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief IBNN and USA Radical Black
“To do something the same way over-and-over again with the same results is insanity.”
.Minneapolis/St. Paul (IBNN/January 4, 2009)…For more than 17 years, Minnesota’s Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has become an institution unto itself, excluding, obstructing and replacing Federal Regulations as it pertains to doing business with minority-ethnic contractors in exchange for internal policies producing the same results that send a clear message: “We (MnDOT) don’t know how to fix it.”
On Monday, December 28, 2009 at meeting was held at the Minnesota Department of Transportation headquarters in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) meeting was to address (in this group) -MnDOT’s, “Good Faith Efforts and Objectives Measures.” Read more
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