These studies pretty recent Larry? Also, how would you get away with submitting identical resumes to the same position? Wonder if that would raise a red flag to the person reviewing the resumes. Two guys with the same exact everything...
Still, these results are pretty disappointing. > Mosty race, > > there's been a number of studies where researchers have sent in > identical resumes to job postings, one resume the resume uses typical > white names (ie., John Smith) while the other used black names > (Tyrone, Kwaze etc). The so-called white resumes were much more likely > to receive callbacks than the resumes that used typical black names. > Remember these resumes were identical only the names were different. > > larry > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:01:26 -0500, Jerry Johnson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We were not trying to answer the question of "what race is more likely to >> be poor in America". (If we answered that, it would overwhelmingly be >> Native American.) >> >> The question was, is it race and only race that is truly the major >> discrimination factor in workplace and college admissions. Or is it >> poverty. Or social/ethnic differences. Or religion. Or immigration >> status. Or gender. Or a combination of the above. >> >> By noting that there are more whites in poverty than anyone else, we have >> a good population to test to see if race is the deciding factor. Do these >> whites have the same kind of admissions and hiring numbers as any other >> person from the same economic level? Do all of these whites of the same >> poverty level have the same admissions and hiring numbers? If not, what >> are the differences? Are they based on area of the country? Family >> makeup? Family history below the poverty line? School district? Speech >> patterns and dialect? >> >> And, of course, percentages don't always tell the whole story. My friend >> the moa is very poor. Since he is the only one left, that would mean that >> the moa has the highest percentage of poverty by population - 100%. >> (Which he brings up whenever we order the first round of drinks after the >> flightless bird toss olympics). >> >> >> Jerry Johnson >> Web Developer >> Dolan Media Company >> >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/05 10:48AM >>> >> How could you even attempt to interpret this by Absolute numbers when >> you're dealing with different population figures? >> And I'm assuming you mean poor whites in America, since as we all know >> Whites are a minority when taken as a race worldwide. >> >> It's like saying if you have 100 Red mice that have a problem out of >> 1000, and 5 blue mice that have a problem out of 10, that the >> problem is more prevalent in Red Mice than Blue Mice because you have 100 >> Red mice with the problem as opposed to 5 blue mice. >> Which is the wrong way to interpret it if you are trying to determine >> which mouse population is more affected by the problem. >> Clearly the Blue mouse population where 50% of the population has the >> problem is more affected than the Red mouse population where >> only 10% of the population is affected. >> >> Logic dictates that the same applies when dealing with this topic with >> regards to **Minorities** and Non Minorities when answering >> the question which population is affected more by poverty or has a higher >> poverty level in the US. >> >> You have to deal with percentages when answering the question "What race >> is more likely to be poor in America? Whites or Non >> Whites". >> It is completely wrong to say 'Whites because there are more of them' in >> answer to that question. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145118 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
