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Cross country study of racial discrimination in hiring (sociologicalscience.com)
6 points by mallochio on June 27, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



It appears that 80 of the 97 experiments make the typical mistake of using names as a proxy for race. A name can only indicate culture, not physical traits. This is a very different sort of discrimination.


True. But does that also not encompass racial discrimination? Race shouldn't just mean skin colour, but also encompass your country of origin and your social make up.


I think that there is a difference here between race and ethnicity. Race would be the external phenotypical features like skin color that are obvious to someone assessing a job candidate in person. Ethnicity can be harder to determine.


oh boy. last time i said that race is connected to external phenotypes on HN I caught a lot of shit...




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