Have you noticed that “diversity” never includes diversity of thought?
As if there aren’t enough concerns for the traveling public, the diversity police want to assure us that concession owners within the airport terminals are a diverse lot.
This fall, Sky Harbor International Airport, which is owned and operated by the City of Phoenix, (along with Phoenix Deer Valley and Phoenix Goodyear Airports) intends to conduct a “disparity study” to gauge whether concession owners “reflect the racial and gender diversity in the vendor community.” There is no pretense in this flim-flam to reflect the community at large, rather the already tightly sculpted “vendor community.”
Although the city website states that all concessions are awarded through a competitive process, currently 56 percent of the airport’s gross retail sales go to businesses owned by women and minorities, who are given assistance in procurement and other business services by the City of Phoenix. Concessions include, but are not limited to, retail, food and beverage, ATMs, rental cars, and advertising.
Woe to the average, straight, White guy trying to make it in today’s PC world.
If this criteria was used in the recent city elections, Mayor Phil Gordon wouldn’t have quailed for his job.
