Does Your “Name” Keep You From Getting Hired?
A recent study shows that people with “white-sounding” names are 50 percent more likely to get a response to their resume than are those with “black-sounding” names. Read more…
That’s really bad. You would think that it’s getting better, but it’s only getting worse. I don’t know what to say. What’s next? Along with the Tsunami jokes from Hot97, I feel the end is coming.
Anyways, my life has been crazy/normal. Ups and downs, but things seem to be getting better.
7 Comments
yumerie
That’s horrible! I agree, you’d think it would be getting better now, but to be honest I still hear and see racial slurs here.. it’s horrible.
suckaforluv
that’s really sad.. i dunno what to say to this… life sucks i guess =/
dieseljeans
Exactly why my bf’s name is William Desean and not Desean William. His grandma on his black side (dad’s) told his dad to name him William because they’ll think he’s white when he applies for a job. Sad, but that’s reality. Try having “Candy” as your name and finding a job. That sucks, too.
jubileslie
It’s pretty awful. Can you imagine someone not giving Denzel Washington a role because his name sounded “too black”? Look to the man, not at the name.
erong
ha what if you got some real chinky sounding name…ERONG FOR INSTANCE?
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_madeinthe80s
I heard about that and it’s a shame. Well black people made those names like “Kareem” and “Tamika” because our race has become Anglo-cized over the past hundred years. All black people are trying to do is create a name that comes close to their heritage and they wanted to make their child’s name creative and unique. I hope that whoever discriminates on someone b/c of something they don’t have control over will get theirs one day.