I seem to remember the example you gave 94uhkord and it is sad that things are done that way. When I was in the position of doing the hiring and firing I made a pile of qualified and unqualified based solely on the experience on the resume. When I did this I would simply read the job history and not once look at the name on the app. and it worked pretty well. But I also realize that not everyone thinks the same way as I do.

I agree with you too Blackmagic I too think it creates unnecessary racial tension where before there may have been none, but because of affirmative action (racial privelige?) a person not necessarily qualified is hired to fill the "quota" and makes the others around them work harder and so the tension begins, "That token green guy doesn't do shit! but then they are all that way looking for a freebie...damn those green people".

I guess no matter how far we progress as a society we will never get past skin color or sexual preference as a way of judging others.