Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed' black people

Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by umvi on Thursday December 06, 2018 @11:08AM (#18619200)

This same "subconscious bias" would happen in any mostly homogeneous fields. When a field is mostly homogeneous, standing out draws attention to yourself. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.

I could envision a similar scenario happening to the well-dressed white NBA player who forgot his badge and the staff of the practice gym are questioning if he really works there vs. tall black dude with hoodie and sweatband who gets let in right away because he doesn't look out of the ordinary.

Or males in the nursing. Or females in construction. The list goes on.

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Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by wpietri on Friday December 07, 2018 @08:28PM (#18633260)

No, it probably wouldn't. One, he didn't get "attention". He got suspicion and aggressive questioning. Two, in the US there is easily demonstrable bias against black people. If you are interested, I recommend going to Harvard's Project Implicit, taking some of their tests, and reading the research results. And the bias extends well beyond the visual; it's enough to have a black name, as is shown by the classic paper: "Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination" https://www.nber.org/papers/w9873

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