We talked about the Civil Service this week in class so it got me thinking about my mom. She has been working for BOCES for 28 years and she is under Civil Service protection, which means her employer would have to jump through some major hoops if they ever wanted to terminate her position. I also remember when I was younger, and my mom went before the Civil Service to get her title as “Junior Accountant” since she was doing that kind of work, but did not have that distinction. My mom did receive the title she wanted, but I was just thinking, would this have happened if she was not “white?” Would the Civil Service have found some way to avoid giving her that title? She also told me that if you go to take a Civil Service exam, you must provide identification because people were going in and taking tests for other people – I just thought this would be interesting to share.
-Josh Steffen
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