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Originally Posted by rgcraig
HUH?
By the resumes how did they know they were white or black? Something doesn't ring true to that statement.
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It was a study done by, I believe, the University of Chicago early this decade. They sent out 10,000 resumes to Fortune 500 companies. 5,000 of the applications had traditional names (James, Robert, etc.) and 5,000 had colorful, creative names common in the black community (Shaquille, Laquesha, etc.)
Identical resumes were attached and the traditional sounding names were 8 times more likely to be called for an interview. I was familiarized with this study through a local Affirmative Action group that I participated in for a while.
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