Affirmative Action Unnecessary?

[Trilby]

I was responding to the difficulty of pronunciation aspect. Some names are difficult to pronounce. No controversy there, eh?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Brianna

I was responding to the difficulty of pronunciation aspect. Some names are difficult to pronounce. No controversy there, eh?

Agreed. But let me ask you a question. If you were an employer who did not want to hire anyone of color, how quickly would it take you to comb through 100 apps and trash anyone who you suspected was not lilly white? No doubt that a good percent not trashed on name alone would be non-white, but nearly 100% of those trashed would be non-white. I am saying why start out giving your kids such a disadvantage.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I am saying why start out giving your kids such a disadvantage.

I agree with you.

I find it interesting that first generation American children of Asian descent tend to have traditionally "American" first names: David, Ashley, Eric, Amy, etc. It's almost as if they're TRYING to assimilate! How dare they?!

[bluecuracao]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Agreed. But let me ask you a question. If you were an employer who did not want to hire anyone of color, how quickly would it take you to comb through 100 apps and trash anyone who you suspected was not lilly white? No doubt that a good percent not trashed on name alone would be non-white, but nearly 100% of those trashed would be non-white. I am saying why start out giving your kids such a disadvantage.

It wouldn't be a disadvantage at all--it would be a time-saver. If the employer doesn't want to hire anyone of color, and a non-white person with a supposedly 'white' name gets called for an interview, he'd just be wasting his time if he showed up.