LibraSoul/sugar and spice,
While I applaud your conviction and your ability to bring up relevant points, I really have to, at this point, question your sanity. Why in the WORLD would you keep coming back to this conversation when it is obvious people have their minds made up??? S&S posted an article, in the Wall Street Journal no less, that confirms that discrimination is a problem in hiring (at least in Wisconsin --a northern state at that!
) and that names play at least some part in the hiring of otherwise qualified candidates, but what do you get back?
Well, my husband wanted to work for this firestation and he was passed over for a minority and ((HORRORS)) he had to SETTLE for a better paying job in the surburbs! CRY ME A RIVER!
If we want to talk antedotes, let's try this one. My father was a teacher/assistant basketball coach at the "black" high school in my home town for about 15 years. His JV teams were frequently city champs and had great records. He applied to ever open head coaching job in the same town during that time period and was turn down for less experienced white coaches. He finally filed a law suit against the city and was hired as head basketball coach for what was then a predominately (about 90%) white HS. He went on to win 6 Georgia state championships and was runner up on 2 other occasions. He's had teams that were nationally ranked by USA Today. He's coached--in various all star games and tourneys including the premier HS all star game--the McDonald's All American game-- many of the NBA stars today. Too bad none of that means anything since he was an Affirmative Action hire.
I can't remember what song it was in, but "give it up, turn it loose".