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Old 04-18-2013, 12:59 PM   #779
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These days, I would guess that another probable outcome is that non-white applicant gets hired because the hiring manager wants diversity, fears appearing racist, etc.
Not true. A 2004 study shows that people with black sounding names receive 50% less callbacks than white sounding:

scholar.harvard.edu/mullainathan/files/emilygreg.pdf

Diversity is pushed because people need to be pushed in order to overcome their automatic preferences.
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