Perhaps what they are trying to say is they do not want any one who 
say ' Hoots mon, there's a moose aboot this hoos, it being a broad 
brick moonick nick tonick' or may be no Geordies need apply.

As for the idea posted by Vitaliy that because the CEO is Indian 
racism wouldn't be an issue, I have to say - I've worked for a company 
run by a Fijian Indian, and he definitely thought people from Eastern 
Europe and women were lesser people, and try seeing how many people 
from Bangladesh, Pakistan or Europe are employed in a many a corner 
shop or small enterprise.

The premis is false, everyone discriminates to some extent and is 
racist to some extent - it is the extent that comes into question.

I've also worked for a firm that has an operation down Mexico way, the 
labour that is employed for the assembly function is only those who 
speak Spanish - not becuase the US arm of the company are altruistic, 
but becasue they know the labour is cheap.

Colin

:: think that, in context, it is just as extreme and bizarre
:: and stupid as originally described.
::
:: I suspect, and it's only a tentative conclusion based on
:: mentating the informationm to hand, which is far from
:: complete, that at least a suggestion of racial or cultural
:: bias is present. I thought about using the term "racism"
:: but, while it is essentially synonymous with 'racial bias'
:: it carries connotations which are not a good fit here.
::
:: What sort of English speaker would be very well versed in
:: all aspects of English but not meet their qualifications?
:: Any person who was highly competent in English would have no
:: problem with reading lingua americana. Writing US English is
:: for the very main part a matter of not informing your
:: spilling chucker that Bill Gates original dictionary is
:: wrong. When I write something for important US consumption I
:: spill chuck it in the final version and allow the US
:: spelling corrections which I have ignored until then. So
:: that leaves only spoken English. Here we furriners do stand
:: out. While they MAY be saying that NZers who can't fake a US
:: accent need not apply, I think it more probable that they
:: don't want someone who speaks English in the manner that
:: about 30% of the US IT workforce may. I say MAY as it may be
:: a bad assumption on my part that a majority of such people
:: speak English in the manner common to their countrymen in
:: their country. But, I may well be doing them a very grave
:: injustice in my wonderings.
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