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Re:U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination by dijit on Thursday January 19, 2017 @05:37AM (#13434689)
I have asked "are you eligible to work in <Country>" if their current location is outside of the country or it is known they are not citizens.

Which I guess would be a question about race? in a way?

I wouldn't ask a white person who spoke swedish and had a very swedish name as I'd assume they are swedish by birth.

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Re:U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination by uiri on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:24AM (#13435955)
Race, color, national origin and citizenship are all protected classes which are illegal to discriminate against in the US.

Race is orthogonal to nationality and citizenship. Especially in countries of immigrants like the US and Canada.

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Re:U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination by dijit on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:29AM (#13436002)
OK, but if you're interviewing over skype with me and your name is Abdullah Izrahim and your address is Dubai... it's not unreasonable for me to ask if you're able to work in the EU...
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