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by burfog 2554 days ago
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.
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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...