Study shows Afrocentric Names often incur a bias

[kddani]

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What are your thoughts on this?

How does your name reflect on your perceived professional capabilities?

Is it the same thing if say, your name was Barbie, Bambi (believe it or not, my dad's list of names for me included both Barbie and Bambi. Thank god my mom knocked some sense into him) or Muffy (instead of afrocentric, more ditzy-sounding)?

I found it interesting that the top female names given to african american babies included Aaliyah, Ashanti, and Jada - three very prominent African American women in the entertainment industry.

[enlightenment06]

I read about this in The New York Times awhile back. It doesn't surprise me at all. Although socially and legally things are much better, there is still a Western hegemony which mentally enslaves all peoples.

[Honeykiss1974]

When searching for an electrician's job in Ohio, he always received a warm reception over the telephone. However, when Thomas Jefferson Flannigan showed up for the personal interview, jaws dropped and brows furrowed because he wasn't the Irish lad they had expected.

"You could see a definite shock and sort of reaction, like I'm-going-to-have-to-go-through-with-this-now-that-he's-here kind of look," says Flannigan, who works as a barber and hopes to turn his hobby of producing and writing music into a career.

If I had a nickel for the amount of times this situation has happened to me.

[madmax]

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When searching for an electrician's job in Ohio, he always received a warm reception over the telephone. However, when Thomas Jefferson Flannigan showed up for the personal interview, jaws dropped and brows furrowed because he wasn't the Irish lad they had expected.

"You could see a definite shock and sort of reaction, like I'm-going-to-have-to-go-through-with-this-now-that-he's-here kind of look," says Flannigan, who works as a barber and hopes to turn his hobby of producing and writing music into a career.


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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
If I had a nickel for the amount of times this situation has happened to me.

A barber/ music producer/ rapper wannabe applies for a job as an electrician and then when he doesn't get the job he plays the race card. Typical.

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally posted by madmax
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A barber/ music producer/ rapper wannabe applies for a job as an electrician and then when he doesn't get the job he plays the race card and cries racism. Typical.

[smiley21]

uh oh. here we go

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by madmax
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When searching for an electrician's job in Ohio, he always received a warm reception over the telephone. However, when Thomas Jefferson Flannigan showed up for the personal interview, jaws dropped and brows furrowed because he wasn't the Irish lad they had expected.

"You could see a definite shock and sort of reaction, like I'm-going-to-have-to-go-through-with-this-now-that-he's-here kind of look," says Flannigan, who works as a barber and hopes to turn his hobby of producing and writing music into a career.


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A barber/ music producer/ rapper wannabe applies for a job as an electrician and then when he doesn't get the job he plays the race card and cries racism. Typical.

About as "typical" as your response.

Did you even bother to read the article?

ETA:

His comment dealt with the problem of it you are a minority that can speak standard english, over the phone, some people assume that you are white. Then, when you meet then in person, they are "shocked" to learn that you are not.