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Could you give an example where a good, well-meaning person would have a logical reason to pay a minority less?

• cbr 12y ago
  Lets say you're hiring a freelancer and you take bids. The lowest bid is from a member of a historically disadvantaged minority, and the reason their bid is lower is because as a member of that group discrimination makes it harder for them to find work. A good, well-meaning person might still accept the bid.
• tbrownaw 12y ago
  Work that involves in-person meetings with customers who are known to not like minorities. (If they're paid on commission, this will happen even without the employer actively deciding anything.) If that particular minority is strongly correlated to cultural values that clash strongly with the organizational culture. (And said values clash would likely result in slower career progression even if the minority status is deliberately ignored.) There exist conceivable situations where minority (or other protected) status could actually directly affect job performance, or be correlated to something that affects job performance.