Same story, different dayJuly 3, 2011Dear Sir,I recently commented on the fact that there are clearly some Bermudians who want foreigner workers, despite the perception of Mr Gerald Simons. Among them who want them is apparently the Government. I have just been informed that two university-trained, qualified Bermudians with experience are being “let go” so that there will be money to pay two foreign workers! We may need foreign workers, but we do not need a Government which takes the bread out of the mouth of qualified university-trained Bermudian worker.I have always known that the excuse of lack of education was always little more than rhetoric. Certainly I knew that when I returned to Bermuda with a PhD plus other degrees and could only get the job I had before I left here while every white person in the same field returned to a high-paying administrative job, that it had nothing to do with my lack of education. But I kept hoping that there was some truth for the younger generations. But this recent information is a reminder that for the most part it is no more true now the it was more than a decade ago. But what is so frustrating to us is that this is no white racist employer but it is a black Government that is making this decision.We are expected to vote for a black Government (and most of us probably will) but we are not to expect that a black Government will give the same consideration to its black Bermudian voters over white foreigners. Minister Wilson needs to give attention to foreigners other than landscapers. We may need foreigner workers but we do not need foreigners to replace hardworking, qualified Bermudians. Our sense of powerlessness and frustration when this happens under a black Government Is so much greater than when it happens under a white employer. At least we think we know the “principle” under which whites are working but we have no idea what is motivating blacks who make these decisions.EVA N HODGSONHamilton Parish