"HER SON'S A DRUG DEALER!": SHOOTOUT AT GOLDEN CORRAL : "WELL HE'S GOT TO HAVE A JOB!!!"

Janine Brown for Georgia District 59

November 2 at 5:33pm · 

More positive change for people with criminal records. President Obama is "banning the box" for federal job applications. Proud of the work that I did with ABLE and other community allies to push this issue and win at the local and state level. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/obama-bans-the-box

Obama bans the box

The president is announcing a new order to reduce potential discrimination against former convicts in the hiring process.

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AJ Lostintvv Because that's what we want, more criminals working for our government. If they really want to prove they've changed and got their sh*t together then have them struggle like others before them. It's B.S. to believe they couldn't get a job due to a criminal record, it actually depends on the record and the worse it is should make it difficult. I have 2 felonies from 30+ yrs ago and I struggled for about 5 yrs so once I found a job I stayed there and after that people became more willing to listen how and why I have the felonies. Now I manage businesses with no problems finding jobs.

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Bryan Nimmo You just said "I struggled for about 5 yrs" and don't believe that people can't get a job due to their records?

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AJ Lostintvv Bryan Nimmo Yes I did struggle but I did find a job. I don't believe they can't find one and need to have that box removed. If I wasn't clear I apologize but I see nothing wrong with the question on an application. Most jobs now do background checks anyhow and it will be found so nothing will really change just by removing the box. I just think this is B.S.

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AJ Lostintvv You do get whatever you bring forward. Commit a crime then work 3x harder to prove you deserve another shot to be trusted.

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James Avery Think ...MASS INCARCERATION. Now think. automatic rejection on a massive scale... INDIFFERENCE ... due to this box having been checked. "THOSE WITH A SURPLUS ARE BETTER ABLE CONTROLLING THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. THOSE WITHOUT A SURPLUS ARE CONTROLLED BY THOSE WITH THE SURPLUS. ONE IS NOT ALWAYS ABLE EXCERCISING GOOD JUDGEMENT." And...STILL... this new order being announced by...OUR...current president..!BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!.. will only get some of these..!CRIMINALS!..having records past round one. Coworker #1 (white woman married no children who didn't have to work but just wanting to keep busy): "HER SON'S A DRUG DEALER!" Coworker #2 (black woman having been relocated from Chicago to Atlanta with her large family in exchange for her husband, once a gang member, testifying as an eyewitness.): "WELL HE'S...!!!GOT!!!... TO HAVE A... JOB!!!" In the end, after all is said and done, the sad fact remains that these...!CRIMINALS!... have got to have jobs; ALL OF THEM. If there are none, then it's wrong of us expecting of them remaining on the sideline watching life continuing to...STILL... just pass them on by. This is asking too much of anyone. Just not going to happen.

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Steve McCann Does this mean that Secret Service Agents, those who are protecting the president can be ex cons?

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Obama bans the box

While the rule was once seen as a common sense way for employers to screen for criminal backgrounds, it has been increasingly criticized as a hurdle that fosters employment discrimination against former inmates, regardless of the severity of their offense or how long ago it occurred. Banning the box delays when employers learn of an applicant’s record.

About 60-to-75% of former inmates cannot find work within their first year out of jail, according to the Justice Department, a huge impediment to re-entering society.

Research shows the existence of a criminal record can reduce an employer’s interest in applicant by about 50%, and that when white and black applicants both have records, employers are far less likely to call back a black applicant than a white one. As a 2009 re-entry study in New York city found, “the criminal record penalty suffered by white applicants (30%) is roughly half the size of the penalty for blacks with a record (60%).”

On Monday, Legend told MSNBC, “We applaud the President’s decision to end this unfair bias against people who have served their time and paid their debt to society. We hope that Congress and state legislatures across the country will follow suit.”

The President announced several other measures Monday, including public housing and money for re-entry programs, and he spoke about prison reform in a speech and an exclusive interview with NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt. 

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/obama-bans-the-box

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