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by dudul 1672 days ago
It's been my experience as well. I mentioned before on different threads that as a hiring manager I've been told by HR to move all non white male candidates to the phone screen step automatically. Regardless of their resume.

It does not make me comfortable at all, and I'll admit, it actually creates a bias in my mind when I do perform the phone screen for these candidates. It's completely counter productive because even if they are excellent candidates I feel like I'm just being strong armed into calling them regardless.

I do not embrace it. As you mentioned, brushing off concerns by saying "well, it's time for all these oppressors to know how it feels" is dumb. Those who think like that don't care about justice for the future, they just want revenge for the past. And it never ends well.
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Dma54rhs 1672 days ago
How is it even legal in America? Can anyone who actually knows a law tell me why they haven't challenged it more?
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mdorazio 1672 days ago
Of course it’s illegal [1], but it’s also an uphill battle on three fronts. First, you’d probably get fired. Second, you’d immediately get branded as something like a white supremacist or privileged asshole by your coworkers and the online social justice mobs. Third you’d have to get a jury to actually side with you (if you could afford to bring it that far in court).

[1] https://www.eeoc.gov/youth/racecolor-discrimination-faqs#Q6

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dudul 1672 days ago
It is illegal, but i haven't challenged it simply because I would lose my job.

I said "HR" in my comment, because it is effectively what it is, but the real name is "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team". Their mandate is to increase diversity, and since they also deal with HR duties they have a lot of power.

And to be clear, I was never instructed in writing. It was always during conversations. It would literally be "I say, they say".

Effectively its just a bit of waste of my time (and the applicants) since I'm not yet forced to move them to the on-site, or give them a different take home. It's probably coming eventually though.

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jkhdigital 1672 days ago
It is not legal, and if the OP has sufficient documentation then an EEOC complaint would be justified. Of course, in doing so the OP would also likely need to find a new career.
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