ABC News 20/20 Report: White and Black Names

AlphaFrog · #1 10-02-2006, 10:42 AM

I've also read a study about those with names that are hard to pronounce are very unlikely to get callbacks, because the recruiter doesn't want to sound like an asshat pronouncing the person's name wrong.

ETA: This is why my husband has a family name of Vicente that we'd like to use for a son, but if we do, he'll be Vicente John (John being my father's name), so he can use "V. John Lastname" on his resume.

Taualumna · #2 10-02-2006, 10:45 AM

Isn't this old news?

MysticCat · #3 10-02-2006, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

ETA: This is why my husband has a family name of Vicente that we'd like to use for a son, but if we do, he'll be Vicente John (John being my father's name), so he can use "V. John Lastname" on his resume.

Just know that as far as school and governmental records are concerned, he will always be "Vicente J. Lastname." My brother and sister both have dealt with that all of their lives (well, my sister did until she married and dropped her first name), and my son is dealing with it now.