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Is there any reason not to tick 'African American' and 'Female' on those forms? Surely they can't prove anything, right?

houstonn 4y ago
34% of white Americans who applied to colleges or universities admit to lying about being a racial minority on their application 48% of people who lied claimed to be Native American 3/4 of people who faked being a racial minority on their applications were accepted by the colleges to which they lied https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/577722-more-than-a-third-of-white-students-lie-about-their/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/57...
- notpushkin 4y ago
  How does this work? Surely you can't be white, say you're black and not get caught. Is that data perhaps anonymized?
  - jimbob45 4y ago
    How would they catch you? It's very possible to be of African descent and have white skin. Are they going to DNA test you?
    - frontman1988 4y ago
      Does it also work if you say you identify as a female even though you are a male biologically?
      - kube-system 4y ago
        Gender identity is frequently visible. I don't think many people are going to fraudulently represent their gender identity for a misguided chance at a job.
        notpushkin 4y ago
        Well, I can imagine that people who aren't “proper” trans but are comfortable with, say, crossdressing start doing it in order to get benefits. Can't say I'm against that (more femboys IRL :^) and also this is on the queer-ish side so they probably still should get some preference if hiring process does take gender identity into account already.
        missedthecue 4y ago
        True but I can't imagine a company calling someone on it. Too explosive of a topic.
      - HideousKojima 4y ago
        If it doesn't yet then give it 5 years tops.
fdschoeneman 4y ago
I do not believe you could be charged with a crime, no.
dvngnt_ 4y ago
there's more evidence to support that actually being african american will hurt you during job interviews

houstonn 4y ago

34% of white Americans who applied to colleges or universities admit to lying about being a racial minority on their application 48% of people who lied claimed to be Native American 3/4 of people who faked being a racial minority on their applications were accepted by the colleges to which they lied https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/577722-more-than-a-third-of-white-students-lie-about-their/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/57...

notpushkin 4y ago
How does this work? Surely you can't be white, say you're black and not get caught. Is that data perhaps anonymized?
- jimbob45 4y ago
  How would they catch you? It's very possible to be of African descent and have white skin. Are they going to DNA test you?
  - frontman1988 4y ago
    Does it also work if you say you identify as a female even though you are a male biologically?
    - kube-system 4y ago
      Gender identity is frequently visible. I don't think many people are going to fraudulently represent their gender identity for a misguided chance at a job.
      - notpushkin 4y ago
        Well, I can imagine that people who aren't “proper” trans but are comfortable with, say, crossdressing start doing it in order to get benefits. Can't say I'm against that (more femboys IRL :^) and also this is on the queer-ish side so they probably still should get some preference if hiring process does take gender identity into account already.
      - missedthecue 4y ago
        True but I can't imagine a company calling someone on it. Too explosive of a topic.
    - HideousKojima 4y ago
      If it doesn't yet then give it 5 years tops.

fdschoeneman 4y ago

I do not believe you could be charged with a crime, no.

dvngnt_ 4y ago

there's more evidence to support that actually being african american will hurt you during job interviews