Originally posted by 94uhkord
It's a two way street. How do you think us minorities feel when we put in out application or resume and know that we are already at a disadvantage simply due to our race. The study that was done was very intriguing, out of 5000 resumes sent out, all w/same credentials, just different names, some that sounded white, and others that sounded black,mexican, etc, the white sounding names were the one's that got 50% of the responses. So let's talk about creating racial tension. No matter what, AA may get them the job, but if they don't have the ability to produce and do their jobs, AA isn't gonna keep it for em.
ok... for argument's sake let's do a little math here. this data was taken from the 2000 census.
Ethnic groups: white 83.5%,
black 12.4%,
Asian 3.3%,
Amerindian 0.8% (1992)
a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (especially of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)
so if you say the study showed that white people got 50% of the responses, that doesn't prove your point at all. the majority of the population is gonna get the majority of responses. that's just how it works. actually the minorities in your study came out ahead because 50% does in no way match up to the 83.5% of the population. the response rate for minorities in the study you mentioned is substantially higher than that of white people, so what was your point again?