Is this discrimination???

[smutlydog]

What is the name of your state? Texas
A University has 4 interns within a department. Two of them are Mexican American and the other two are white. The 2 Mexican American interns are asked for a criminal background check but the 2 white interns are not.

Is this discrimination???

 

[GulfBreeze]

What is the name of your state? Texas
A University has 4 interns within a department. Two of them are Mexican American and the other two are white. The 2 Mexican American interns are asked for a criminal background check but the 2 white interns are not.

Is this discrimination???

they dont ask, they just do it...and btw, how do you know who got a background check done on whom?

 

[smutlydog]

they dont ask, they just do it...and btw, how do you know who got a background check done on whom?

I asked the other interns. The funny thing is that I have been there since the begining of summer and all of a sudden they want to do a background check. The other mexican american had to do one the day he walked in.

 

[justalayman]

it could be but there may also be things on their resume that woiuld indicate such a check would be appropriate. If there is justification, the fact that by chance the 2 meximericans were required to submit to such a check would be moot.

 

[smutlydog]

it could be but there may also be things on their resume that woiuld indicate such a check would be appropriate. If there is justification, the fact that by chance the 2 meximericans were required to submit to such a check would be moot.

The 2 white interns are teachers with the school district which involves a FBI background check. Could that be justification for not doing a background check on them since the university can assume their record is clean? The university has no ties to the school district.

thanks

 

[justalayman]

The 2 white interns are teachers with the school district which involves a FBI background check. Could that be justification for not doing a background check on them since the university can assume their record is clean? The university has no ties to the school district.

thanks

do you know the university has not recieved the results of the investigation of the white teachers?

so you are saying the WHITE teachers have already undergone a much more critical and extensive background search than the Meximerican teachers??

Now, do you really want to talk about discrimination? It seems the white teachers were required to undergo a background check before the Meximericans. (btw, I hold copyright on that term now)

 

[smutlydog]

do you know the university has not recieved the results of the investigation of the white teachers?

so you are saying the WHITE teachers have already undergone a much more critical and extensive background search than the Meximerican teachers??

Now, do you really want to talk about discrimination? It seems the white teachers were required to undergo a background check before the Meximericans. (btw, I hold copyright on that term now)

The university has no ties at all with the local school district. The white interns work for the school district which involves their own background check but that has nothing to do with the internship work at the university. The white counselors are studying to become school counselors. The two of us (Meximericans) are studying to become community counselors. We don't work for the school district nor do we plan too so I am having trouble making sense of what you said.

 

[justalayman]

I was asking if maybe the university had possibly already been given a copy or summary of the background check the white folks had done by the school district.

That would explain why you and your fellow employee that does not work for the school district may have been required to have a background check and the white folks haven't.

 

[CdwJava]

When we say, "background check", are we talking about a fingerprint check? Or, are we talking about something where an investigator goes out and does an anal probe into your life?

I suspect that if this internship involves access to children in some way that they are required to do a criminal background check via fingerprints. Since the school district employees had already undergone such a clearance process, it's likely the check was waived for them.

- Carl

 

[smutlydog]

When we say, "background check", are we talking about a fingerprint check? Or, are we talking about something where an investigator goes out and does an anal probe into your life?

I suspect that if this internship involves access to children in some way that they are required to do a criminal background check via fingerprints. Since the school district employees had already undergone such a clearance process, it's likely the check was waived for them.

- Carl

No it's just a standard background check. Very few jobs around here would require some kind of formal investigation. Other than law enforcement and civil service jobs there would be no formal investigation.

 

[CdwJava]

No it's just a standard background check.

There is no such animal as "a standard background check". What is "standard" for 7-11 would not be "standard" for law enforcement.

I suspect these were criminal records checks using fingerprints, and since the school employees had likely already had this done, there was no need or rush to do theirs. However, in my state, you would have to be printed at the start of any new assignment. Heck, I'm a cop and I have to get printed to coach youth sports!


- Carl

 

[smutlydog]

There is no such animal as "a standard background check". What is "standard" for 7-11 would not be "standard" for law enforcement.

I suspect these were criminal records checks using fingerprints, and since the school employees had likely already had this done, there was no need or rush to do theirs. However, in my state, you would have to be printed at the start of any new assignment. Heck, I'm a cop and I have to get printed to coach youth sports!


- Carl

I have done one of those FBI finger print background checks before but this wasn't one of them. It did ask if I had been convicted of a felony in the past 7 years which the honest answer for me was no.
I know all of the interns that have been there for the past year and only some of them work for the school district. I this point I still need to do a little more detective work to see who is being scrutinized and who is not.

 

[CdwJava]

I have done one of those FBI finger print background checks before but this wasn't one of them. It did ask if I had been convicted of a felony in the past 7 years which the honest answer for me was no.
I know all of the interns that have been there for the past year and only some of them work for the school district. I this point I still need to do a little more detective work to see who is being scrutinized and who is not.

Well, if backgrounds are discretionary then they can do them at their discretion. If you can PROVE that there is unlawful discrimination occuring, then you can act upon it. Otherwise, it is purely supposition on your part.

- Carl