Marini
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I read an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about seven or eight years ago. I don't have a link. I read this in the ink and newsprint version. The AJC prepared several hundred fake resumés. The work experience, education and overall qualifications across them were generally equal. The pool of resumés was split in half. One half was assigned names like Mark and Mary and Steven. The other half was assigned names like LaKeisha and Quantavius and DeMarcus. Then the resumés were sent out in response to actual job openings. As I recall the response rate for the Mark and Mary group was 2-3 times as high as the response rate for the LaKeisha and Quantavius group although the "applicants" were essentially equal. This was nothing but paper. No real meetings face to face.
I have no expectation of any significant improvement occurring in the relationship between the different races in my lifetime. The first step and most important ingredient in improved race relations is an honest and open dialog where both sides can air their thoughts and ideas and grievances without reprisal or rhetoric. That will never happen. It hasn't even happened in this thread. Too many people have a chip on their shoulder or an axe to grind. Even the OP was written in a somewhat combative tone. I don't see things changing any time soon until people can check their volatility at the door.
Thank you for posting DI!
I enjoyed reading your post so much, I read it a few times.
I have heard of similar "experiments/studies" in which people with certain types of names are less likely to be called back on an interview.
hummmm
I even appreciate you saying I wrote my OP with a "combative tone".
It is often hard to make a point without coming off too soft or too hard, I did not mean to sound "combative" at all.
In fact, I make it a point to not engage in most of the threads on this board, that deal with issues of race or racism, because it is almost always futile at best.
I get a little frustrated/annoyed when people imply that racism isn't a big factor anymore, and that "everything is equal, and everyone has an equal opportunity in America".
For many people to admit that Black people OFTEN still do not have the same opportunities in life, would just fuck up their entire points of view!
Not a whole lot of folks posting on this thread, are they?
The fact that many here don't have much to say about this particular phenomenon, speaks volumes, but I will continue to post similar threads from time to time.
"just because"
I love this country, and I would not want to have been born anywhere else in the world, but we both know race is often a factor, racism still very much exists, the playing field is not equal {a lot of the time}, and more often that many would like to admit, many people will not have "equal opportunities", simply because of the color of their skin.
If MANY Black people are STILL very much affected and dealing with racism, when it comes to getting employment and housing, the fact that we have elected a Black President doesn't change their situation at all!
Do you think the employers that selected White felons over Black non-felons, have changed their minds/ways because Barack Obama was elected President?
I also would love to see an "open and honest" dialogue where not just "both" sides but people of all races could exchange idea's, pre-conceived notions, and grievances wwithout reprisals or rhetoric.
I would love to see this happen in a live open and moderated forum, in an on-going series of exchanges, because realistically, the forum would need to continue for years, to be of real value!
Thanks again for posting!
Peace
< Message edited by Marini -- 7/12/2011 10:59:36 AM >
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