Now hiring Leaders of Color Crew in Kentucky - the color of a person's skin should never be used as a condition of employment

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[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I used to filter resumes based on first and middle names. Honoria Elizabeth got a second look while Placenta Nigreesha got tossed.

[–]TheFlailingOfLegs[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The right way to do it would be to remove identifying factors (name, race, gender) off the application for employment, then choose who you want to interview based on the actual content of the resume. We need to be putting the most qualified person in a position. If that means that they are all white, who cares? I am all for equality of opportunity, but forcing equality of outcome is wrong. The majority of the NBA is black and no one seems to care about that, why isn't that an issue? It's ok for a particular job to be dominated by a particular race as long as it isn't white? This country is retarded.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I said that I used to filter resumes based on first and middle names, not that I discriminated by race. A guy named Cecil came through that happened to be black and I hired him.

I filtered based on how their parents named them. If the parents hung a racial name on them they tended to "keep it real" too much. Racially neutral names worked for me.

[–]TheFlailingOfLegs[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oh I wasn't accusing you of anything, just making an observation, that we should just be hiring the most qualified. But as you well know, for many business that isn't enough, they have to meet a certain "quota".