Re:Ask HN: Is it ok to announce the race and gender of who y...
by elmerfud on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:04AM
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Context is key in your question. What country and what position are you hiring for?
Even in places with very strong anti-discrimination laws for hiring there is always some latitude where you can discriminate against what is traditionally protected classes of people. This generally comes down to if those things are material requirements to perform the job.
Some examples that I can think of would be countries where brothels are legal. You may need to hire women therefore you would advertise that's the gender you need. Another example would be some sort of acting gig. The roles that need filled can be determined by a script and the script & plot dictates that do you need very specific genders and races for this.
As an open-ended question without any context it sounds like a very bad question to be asking. Usually this is the type of question that if you have to ask is this okay generally means that it is not okay for you to do this. The limited situations where it is okay to make this kind of discrimination are generally obvious.
Even in places with very strong anti-discrimination laws for hiring there is always some latitude where you can discriminate against what is traditionally protected classes of people. This generally comes down to if those things are material requirements to perform the job.
Some examples that I can think of would be countries where brothels are legal. You may need to hire women therefore you would advertise that's the gender you need. Another example would be some sort of acting gig. The roles that need filled can be determined by a script and the script & plot dictates that do you need very specific genders and races for this.
As an open-ended question without any context it sounds like a very bad question to be asking. Usually this is the type of question that if you have to ask is this okay generally means that it is not okay for you to do this. The limited situations where it is okay to make this kind of discrimination are generally obvious.