Yeah, that is why I changed my name from Jerome :) Unfortunatly, that is how it is viewed. My mom manages a store and will not hire someone that is black, and from past experiences of hiring them. But then again, she will hire someone that is Asian before someone that is white. Yes, I am white and so is she. I think a lot has to do with past experiences and performance issues that play a part in hiring, even if it is subconcious.
Robert Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Famous for nothing!" http://www.tinetics.com -----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:12 AM To: CF-Community Subject: The racial Bias in the US.. Hmm..I don't think they had to spend money on a study like this. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/01/14/name.bias.ap/index.html "CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- It helps to have a white-sounding first name when looking for work, a new study has found. Resumes with white-sounding first names elicited 50 percent more responses than ones with black-sounding names, according to a study by professors at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The professors sent about 5,000 resumes in response to want ads in The Boston Globe and Chicago Tribune. They found that the "white" applicants they created received one response -- a call, letter or e-mail -- for every 10 resumes mailed, while "black" applicants with equal credentials received one response for every 15 resumes sent. " Course there will be the chorus that it was unscientific, too small a sample space, or that it really doesn't say anything about the 'majority' of americans. But what if it did? -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
