News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Homeless Man Has Three Degrees and Can't Find a Job . Parent comment

Re:Homeless Man Has Three Degrees and Can't Find a Job by gavinlynch on Saturday August 13, 2011 @04:08PM (#2881861)
I don't really understand this comment. Why would it be understandable that some employers would not believe that he is a capable black acoustical engineer?

And even if they did, wouldn't it take maybe 5 minutes worth of correspondence to figure out if he was or was not? Unless you are saying there is rampant racism in the acoustical engineering industry to the point that he would not even advance to a correspondence level with a hiring manager based soley on the fact that he is black.. Which I would doubt.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Homeless Man Has Three Degrees and Can't Find a Job by aperrien on Saturday August 13, 2011 @04:35PM (#2881929)
Unfortunately, I've seen it, with myself in computer programming and systems administration. Not the only field where this crops up; fortunately, we're beginning to have good counterexamples of what black Americans are supposed to be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPf03T8YN-4

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Homeless Man Has Three Degrees and Can't Find a Job by javaecc123 on Saturday August 13, 2011 @04:30PM (#2881921)
Many times you need to get your foot in the door to even get those 5 minutes to prove yourself. Not arguing that racism is a factor here just playing the devil's advocate and pointing out that it is possible even if implausible.
[ Parent | on HN ]