Those things may or may not be true, or might happen some places much more than others. But, let's not put a band-aid on a bullet wound, here. We need to attack the problem, culturally, and perhaps in other ways. It seems fair to me and several other posters here that race and gender shouldn't even be required on a job application to begin with if they won't affect the position being considered. That might be a problem if you have to go to an in-person interview with a racist...but the current system isn't really a great solution. If a business owner is that rabidly racist he's probably going to make working there pretty terrible for them even if they are hired. I don't think that so many people, especially business owners, are discriminating against people of other races or the opposite sex that a diversity quota is necessary. Certainly not any place I've lived.
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Those things may or may not be true, or might happen some places much more than others. But, let's not put a band-aid on a bullet wound, here. We need to attack the problem, culturally, and perhaps in other ways. It seems fair to me and several other posters here that race and gender shouldn't even be required on a job application to begin with if they won't affect the position being considered. That might be a problem if you have to go to an in-person interview with a racist...but the current system isn't really a great solution. If a business owner is that rabidly racist he's probably going to make working there pretty terrible for them even if they are hired. I don't think that so many people, especially business owners, are discriminating against people of other races or the opposite sex that a diversity quota is necessary. Certainly not any place I've lived.