Name-Based Discrimination In The Workplace

In my opinion I think that Black applicants who had a White-sounding name were called for interviews only to discover they were Blacks were not higher and possible harass and discriminate in the same process. These situations continue to happen today in the business world every day. I can speak with from experience when I was in the workforce before jointing the Army. I am a Black male with White name and Hispanic last name, I used to applied for jobs and got interviews, many times they would spend more time asking me where was I from and how did I got my name than talking about the job. Many could not believe I was Black because I have a Hispanic name. The benefit was that once I was there and they got to know me and herd me speak eloquently their decision was easier to be made, many times I was higher some time I was told we will call you later.
126). By continues monitoring and providing transparency within the organization would be some steps to ensure programs against name-based discrimination are working. The study in our textbook by Bertrand and Mullainathan showed that about 50% of Black applicants with common Black names were called for interview more or less interview and offer a position. The study also depicts Black-sounding names applicants had submit more resumes than those with White-sounding names, at the same time those with White-sounding names got many more called backs for interviews than the Black-sounding names. (Bell, 2012, p.