The state of racial equality[W: 75]

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iliveonramen said:

If you can find a study that supports that. I couldn't

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well, it highlights an area of reasonable concern that should be explored prior to making a declaration of racism over the ill treatments and assumptions over names

Re: The state of racial equality

Dr. Chuckles said:

well, it highlights an area of reasonable concern that should be explored prior to making a declaration of racism over the ill treatments and assumptions over names

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No I totally agree...I think an argument could be made that there's a perception that certain names come from people of certain background. That Bubba could be as detrimental as Lakisha when it comes a name on an application.

I don't think reasonable concern is the issue here because the names on an application are used in conjunction with aggregate data, other examples of discrimination on race and is a support.

I want to point out as well...Affirmative Action applies to public organizations/hiring etc. Overall the government has been used to keep slavery in place as well as institute other policies that singled out African Americans to be treated differently. I really find it hard to get upset that we also use the government in ways like hiring for government jobs to try and reverse some of the damage society has created on a whole demographic.

iliveonramen said:

No I totally agree...I think an argument could be made that there's a perception that certain names come from people of certain background. That Bubba could be as detrimental as Lakisha when it comes a name on an application. .

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I'm just speaking to the issue of names

PS they talked about it on the freqkanomics doc. And I recall that just name alone could be a determing factor.

But it was a TV show, so take it with a grain of salt

Dr. Chuckles said:

I'm just speaking to the issue of names

PS they talked about it on the freqkanomics doc. And I recall that just name alone could be a determing factor.

But it was a TV show, so take it with a grain of salt

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The book is great and you should check it out. It goes into a lot more detail. One of the author of the books is an economists that teaches at the Booth School of Economics at the University of Chicago.

One thing that's interesting is they find a pattern where names are first incorporated for individuals in higher socio economic status and it slowly filters down over decades. So rich people name their kids Susan and a couple of decades lower it filters down and lower income folks are naming their children Susan and the higher income folks are now naming their kids Sandra.

I think overall they found that name can have a big determination and that people make a lot of assumptions based on name but I think it's also true that a Bubba can see a drop in application replies but it may not be as bad as a Lakisha.