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You are asked to self identify race as a part of US employment. I think it’s important to ask people how they view themselves.
by op00to 3y ago
You are asked to self identify race as a part of US employment. I think it’s important to ask people how they view themselves.
- hobs 3y agoUsually in the USA its for employers who want to get in on EEOC things is it actually tracked, otherwise its usually right out.
- scotty79 3y agoIt sounds racist.
- andsoitis 3y agoAnswering is optional, isn’t it?
- edgyquant 3y agoIn theory, yes. In practice Is it really though?
- lokar 3y agoI have declined at least once, never heard anything about it
- barry-cotter 3y agoIf you refuse to answer your employer must by law give their best guess.
- brabel 3y agoWhy? Who cares about this and what's the reason they must care?? Affirmative action? Race "quotas"?? How do you know it will not be used in the exact opposite manner? It's simply better to treat everyone equally (I know, radical notion) and stop this madness.
- ezrast 3y agoWhat's better is largely unknowable if you're not collecting statistics to measure the impact of policy changes.
- op00to 3y agoReally? That’s hilarious!
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- busterarm 3y agoBut that's to collect statistics for the US Government. If you as an employer were to take _any_ actions based on that information it would be illegal. So after you get hired and provide that information for government statistics collection, why would your employer ever need to ask you for it afterwards?
- davidgay 3y ago> So after you get hired and provide that information for government statistics collection, why would your employer ever need to ask you for it afterwards? Because your employer wants to collect statistics too.
- busterarm 3y agoThat's the point. Why allow them to? They're barred from any action so there's no good purpose served by having them.
- davidgay 3y agoThey aren't "barred from any action", they can, e.g., publish reports on those statistics - it sounds like you don't even want the questions to be answerable...
- ajhurliman 3y agoHot take: it’s not actually important, and dwelling on our differences decreases human well-being