That hasn't been shown in a study for over 2 decades. Every recent study (past ~decade) that I'm aware of has shown no effect. Here's an article that discusses

That hasn't been shown in a study for over 2 decades. Every recent study (past ~decade) that I'm aware of has shown no effect. Here's an article that discusses one recent study: https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-bias-hiring-0504-biz-20160503-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-bias-hiring-0504-... The problem with the original study was that it used names that denoted socio-economic status as much as race (ie, "Dahntay Smith" or "Shaniqua Thomas"). That's a problem, too, but I suspect a similar effect for professional job applicants can be shown using "lower" socio-economic status white names (ie, "Bobby Lee Jones" or "Tommy Ray Brown"). Regardless, I would be strongly in favor of anonymized job applications, since that would eliminate any suggestion of such bias in whichever direction.