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0 pointsOrangeMonkey3y ago0 comments

I think your statement is the issue.

If you have two equally qualified candidates - one anglo saxan male from boston, and one african american female from georgia - at many places, one is going to be consistently chosen.

I agree - that is absolutely bias based on protected characteristics. Do you?

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ryan933y ago

Evidence that one is going to be consistently chosen?

rjbwork3y ago

While I do think GP is correct at many places, my team literally hired a black woman from Georgia and turned down a white dude from Boston, lol. I am not a fan of the overbearing top down policies like Microsoft is talking about, but I have become friendly with aforementioned hire, and some of the stories of discrimination and just people being really rude to her in the professional world are mind blowing to me. I can definitely believe that a lot of workplaces do actively discriminate against various minority groups.

kazinator3y ago

A single datapoint doesn't confirm or refute the presence of bias; your anecode doesn't contrast anything I've written in my comment about the definition of bias. If the organization consistently chose a black woman over an equally qualified white man, that would likely indicate bias.

What is "literally hired"; does your organization figuratively hire most of the time, except for the surprising odd time when it is, wow, literal?

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dvngnt_3y ago

there's a few studies regarding resume names and getting call backs

commandlinefan3y ago

Written, documented company policy?

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