Wow, Germany has a notorious skinhead (racist) population. It's interesting that you never ecountered any of it. -s
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:24 AM Subject: RE: The racial Bias in the US.. > There was not much racism as I remember growing up in Germany. It was > not something I was really exposed to until I moved to the states, but > then again, there was not a lot of blacks or jewish people. But the > blacks that I did know were a lot more respectable then say the ones I > have met here. That has a lot to do with it I would believe. > > > Robert Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Famous for nothing!" > http://www.tinetics.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:21 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The racial Bias in the US.. > > > Dude racial bias isnt limited to the us > i am so sick of people preaching how great the rest of the world is and > how god awful the us is. > > > The only fact is this, some people are scumbag assholes who are racist > pigs. They can be found in every country in the world even yours so lets > stop painting america as this white only racist state. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:11 AM > 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
