Diane Wiley wrote: Two white men and two black men applied in person at 350 places in Milwaukee for entry level positions in 2001. All four had high school educations. The whites with a felony drug conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to sell were called back 17% of the time, blacks without a criminal record were called back 14% of the time. Whites without a criminal record were called back 34% of the time.
My response: Wow. This is persuasive data. Do you have more information on how the study was done? Attitude, follow up, references, presentation, experience and what employers they applied at can make a difference. Did the study do all they could to eliminate these other variables? Regards, Bill Cullen Whittier Landlord. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release Date: 6/8/2005 REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
