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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by silisili on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:29PM (#17335598)
Why is the name even a factor? Why can't it be an input of criteria, and handled by formulas? We're not in the 1920's with a guy with a fat cigar looking at each one individually, while burning and throwing away the ones that sound (irish/black/jewish/whatever).
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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by shipman05 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:41PM (#17335652)
You would think that sort of discrimination is a thing fo the past, yet.... http://www.chicagotribune.com/g00/business/ct-bias-hiring-05...
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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by chmln on Sunday June 17, 2018 @11:30PM (#17335845)
> Why is the name even a factor?

Because many people still believe in stereotypes. But whether stereotypes have any truth to them is a different question entirely.

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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by smt88 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:33PM (#17335617)
Names absolutely matter. Many studies have been done where the same resume was submitted with different names. Why not Google it?
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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by axaxs on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:50PM (#17335690)
I did not mean to imply that names do not matter wrt getting a callback at a job, of that I'm aware. I meant more as a 'why does it matter in qualifications.' i.e. in my formulaic paradise that is apparently too futuristic, name would be omitted as a factor. I don't think it's only race based, either. I'm sure an Alexander would get more callbacks than a Bubba. But people don't choose their name, such is life.
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