Well, they considered that. Read the study and let me know what you think. Dana
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:08:03 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > I just read the study and find it fairly convincing. It seems that if > > your name is Jamal or LaToya employers don't even read the rest of the > > resume. > > I wonder what would happen if you completely left race out of it and > just used odd names: > > Sequoia > Nevaeh > Alamea > Kai > > I bet you'd get the same reaction. And I bet you'd get it from > blacks, whites, Asians, etc. People have a preference for their own > culture, it makes them more comfortable. Is that racism or just a > harmless preference? > > For example, we had some Europeans bidding on something once and many > of my colleagues wanted to throw out their bid because, "they're so > hard to communicate with." That's not racism, just a preference. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145693 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
