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Sam mentioned in class that this issue is "so deeply rooted." I think this means that overall, if given the choice, most people of color will also pick white employees. This isn't to say that there aren't a few exceptions out there
A survey proving that employers are most likely to hire a white person over a person of color unfortunately doesn’t sound all that shocking because as most of us know, discrimination and racism still exist; most likely, it probably always will. However when I saw the survey/experiment presented in class about a white man and black man with exactly the same resumes and clothing go after a job opportunity I was intrigued to see what the outcome would be. People often try to excuse their behavior as not being racist but there is no explanation for this… You could not say that these men didn’t have the same opportunity because they did. You cannot say that these men didn’t have equal education, because they did. So what is the excuse for this outcome? Wouldn’t you think maybe they would have an equal shot? Or at least close to equal? How about they throw in a criminal record on just one resume, wouldn’t this make a huge difference in the outcome if one man has spent time in prison? They make a criminal record for almost a year in jail and the charge of possession and intent to sell cocaine, there is no way you would think to hire this person over the person who has no record, hands down. But then they threw color in, they made it so that all the white men had this criminal record, the black men had clear records, perfect you could say. It was at this point that I was thinking no one in their right mind would hire someone who has been in prison and connected to drugs over someone who hasn’t. When I heard the outcome that they STILL hired the white man with the criminal record over the black man with equal education and no record my jaw dropped. I was beyond shocked at something like this. I frankly just do not understand racism; to me the concept makes no sense. Someone is more tan then you what is the big deal. How does that change anything at all? To see that this level of discrimination still exists however blew my mind. I mentioned the statistics to my boyfriend and he was not shocked at all. I guess I just don’t understand how people could see the world in such a way. How someone would that harshly judge someone before even talking to them is just sad. Also the whole subject of how people don’t get call backs or hired because their names are different is absurd to me. How can you discriminate against a name or its spelling?! How are we ever supposed to get anywhere in the world if there are bad people like this? How will anything ever change if people are so stubborn and racist? Why can’t people just look beyond the surface, some people may be tanner or more pale than you, get over it it’s not a big deal.
From my personal experience, black employers prefer to hire other black people. For almost a year I worked in a kitchen at a nursing home. My boss, Robert, was a very tough African man. Having other nonwhite employers, I knew what it meant to be intimidated by your boss, but I believe I was also largely intimidated by him because he was a very tough looking black man. He seemed to play the stereotypical role of 'big black scary man.' Of all the employees working, only four were white. I had seen many employees fired and new ones hired, and all were black. The four white had been stable employees the entire time I had worked there. Robert seemed to prefer hiring people of his color even though it appeared to be that the four white people were more reliable workers. I feel this would be true for many other black employers as well.
I think that a black person is more likely to choose another black person when applying for a job. It is simply racist indeed. Just as a white person is more likely to hire another white person, the same principal applies to blacks. People are more likely to hire people like them, or people who they feel comfortable around. Also, blacks feel like they should assert their own form of affirmative action among themselves. I think since white people will not construct a massive affirmative action technique, blacks feel they would be doing a good thing if they hired someone like them.
During the college application process and even applying for financial aid, I felt compelled to just “lie” about my race and I felt very tempted to circle White/Caucasian. Under my conceptions, I feel that “white” students have a higher and better chance of being accepted into colleges. I’ve always felt there was a hidden discriminatory behind the college acceptance process even to the point where if you compare two students side by side with the same qualifications, same GPA, SAT, and extracurricular activities, most colleges are bound to select the white student over the foreign one. When I heard that colleges are actually seeking for more “diversity” for their school, it was almost shocking and unbelievable. I always felt it was the other way around, that most colleges would rather seek a “normal” student body.
I think my preconceived notion came about mainly because I was raised in a full blooded Chinese family and being the first generation from immigrated parents, my parents have always preached me that America is full of “racism.” From jobs opportunities to sports; employers and coaches are constantly seeking the “whiteness” in society. Starting from an early age, I feel this statement possessed some underlying truth even though it’s probably corrupted with bogus superstitions.
As Dr. Sam said in class numerous times, individuals with white skin have the immediate advantage in society. Even the comparisons he made using the statistics of individual’s last name can have great effects in job applications and other processes in society. These assumptions are easily made and while colleges may not be able to deter an individual from admittance based on race, I feel many jobs that doesn’t require a college degree are more likely to practice this kind of hidden racism.
This experience truly hits home when I applied about 10 different jobs during the summer and I was never called back for any of them. There are various factors that may influence why the employers never called me back, but I still feel that most of them didn’t return my calls because I wasn’t their stereotypical “look.” The one specific lecture that Dr. Sam held about employers were more likely to return a call to whites with a criminal record than a black person without one. This is applicable in my situation when my friend applied for the same job as I did with the exception that her application had a felony record on it and mine didn’t. The employer gave her a call back, but didn’t give me one. It wasn’t until that she mentioned me to the employer that he called me back and asked me to work for him. So when it comes to answering the question if I would circle Caucasian or white, I think I would.
At first I feel like jumping to the conclusion that people of color would mostly pick other people of color as employees. But I am not a person of color and that is just an assumption. Although that could be true to an extent, I think maybe it would be closer to 50-50. As someone mentioned, this issue is deeply rooted. I do believe people of color would choose many white employees as well, with maybe a slightly higher than average amount of colored employees. It most definitely would be the expected opposite though. White's hire mainly whites but the reverse may not be true.
This is a really good question and I don't think there is a definite answer just like most answers to most questions that arise in this class. However I think that they might choose a white person over a black person out of fear that someone might say that they just hired them because they were black making them lean towards the white person. But then again maybe the white person is more qualified for the job. There could also be the issue that the black person would hire the black person so that the black potential employee doesn't think they were "betraying" their own race. The employer might be afraid that he would be labeled as someone who doesn't help out his own people. So in the end there is an issue if the employer chooses the white person and there is an issue if they chose the black person. So I am not really sure what the odds of a black employer choosing a black person over a white person and vise verse but I am going to say that they would choose the white person but it all depends on the person and the work environment, as in what the job entails, I guess.
I think that people of color who work in the college acceptance offices across the nation aren’t specifically looking for colored people and white people aren’t looking for white students. When they are in the job position they are in, Im sure that has been properly educated by the university to pick the student that would fit best at the university, but not because of their skin color. With that being said I’m sure some “sweeping under the rug” still occurs in which maybe a person of a specific race will pick a student of a specific race without fully reviewing their credentials in order to ensure the race gets their fair share in the university’s enroll numbers.
This is a very interesting question and many people who have struggled to get jobs may find a way to make the application process go more smoothly in order to have things go in their favor. It is a harsh way to think but living as a minority in this country, whites do get better advantages when it comes to looking at an application without really knowing the person behind that application. You circle white on an application and you automatically get SOME kind of advantage no matter how much you choose to deny it. A person's stereotypes will always be there and assumptions will be made by that person looking at an application because it is only natural to do so. Even Sam mentioned in class this is issue is so deeply rooted that ever most people of color will also pick white employees. Its ridiculous to think that people of color like myself would choose someone of white descent because even WE have our own stereotypes about our OWN people.
Maybe this just comes from the kind of background I was raised in as well. In my family, I was praised by my family because of the lighter color of my skin. My mother and father would tell me stories of my upbringing on how people did not believe I was their child because I looked too "white" and my mother had more indigenous tan skin. So all my life, I had this notion in my head that lighter skin meant more opportunities and meant that I was more blessed because I could maybe pull off being a "white" person so I could get ahead in life. My parents encouraged it as well, that maybe portraying myself as more Americanized and as more white, I would be better off in this kind of society.
I remember Sam asking in class, is we had a chance to change our skin color or race to be white I think I would have to agree because in the end, the white man or woman has the advantage at the starting line no matter how much we try to think otherwise. I am not ashamed of my culture or my Hispanic background because I would not be the person I am without it. But my family and I have struggled. We have been through poverty, through language barriers and through times where opportunities were denied to my family and I just feel like it is not fair.
With all this said, my upbringing could be the main reason for why race and even skin color has been somewhat of a serious issue for me and probably for many people of color. Race has just always been a factor is whether we make it or not here in the United States.
So would I mark White on an application….I never have before but there is no doubt that I would probably think twice next time…
With the statistics shown in class, Sam told us that black people were apart of the application process. So that goes to show that not only white people were hiring whites over black people. As much as everyone wants to point their fingers at white people for discriminating against people of color they have no right to. People of color are as guilty as white people are according to this study. I find it to be even worse that people of color were involved in this process because it shows that they aren’t even willing to give their own kind an equal chance.
This is a great question. I think that a black person is more likely to choose another black person than a white person. I feel like people have a tendency to choose other people that are like them. Although just because a person has the same skin color as you doesn’t mean they are similar to you, it is the first noticeable difference. You can’t deny that. I hate when people say “I don’t see skin color”. Of course you do, how could you not? No matter what, I think it’s always in the back of people’s minds. Whether or not a person associates stereotypes with a skin color is what makes the difference between racist and non racist people.
This is a very difficult question, but intriguing. I haven't really thought of it this way. But maybe black people, or people of other cultures, aren't really making the decisions, as much as white people. This is completely ridiculous. It should be all about the resume. I think its crazy that we still live in a day where people are prejudice based on skin color. I just don't understand. Even if more white people are making decisions on who to hire, you would think more people would be like us, and understand these basic concepts. Are people really this immoral? Do they really think it is okay to justify not hiring someone because of skin tone? I just don't understand it. These things never should have came about. Its just frustrating. To answer the question though, I don't recall learning that black people were choosing white people. I feel that anyone in the position to choose a candidate for a job should look solely at the application. But it probably won't ever be this way; that is of course……. if we make a machine that basically looks only at the resume and compares the two, or hundreds, and picks the one that makes the most sense. Hmm..
I think it depends on the situation. I know the company my brother works for he is the only white person who works there. They said they hired him to be a liaison between them and other white business owners because they felt white business owners felt uncomfortable or less accepting when talking to black people. He was even informed to pretend that his boss is his client and that he is the boss when addressing other businesses. Since his hire sales have gone up especially with other white businesses. I found this to be very interesting and somewhat not shocking actually. In my eyes I am not surprised that a white business owner would be more accepting of a white person than a black person trying to sell them something. Unfortunately that is just the way it is. It is very deep rooted in our society and we take very unusual approaches for a quick fix in this department.
I feel that discrimination starts because people dont build relationships and trust one another. Most people dont know how to trust because they have been hurt so then anything outside the box is discriminated against. I feel that trust is the key and communication will come.
Trust is not about being deceived taking advantaged of or being tormented in anyway. It relies on being trust worthy. “Few things help an individual more to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him,” (Booker T. Washington). It’s understandable that most people place their trust in friends. However, sometimes even our closest friend may define trust in a different way than you do. By creating a survey and distributing it to peers, I came to find that some think, “trust is to be able to rely on another.” For instance, my friend Karen and I have known each other for more than 8 years, after knowing each other and hanging out you would think we would be more compatible and see things the same but it was the opposite. I told Karen about my mother being on drugs and I told her to keep it between me and her. Two days later I found out that she had been bad talking my family and telling everyone around the neighborhood. From that moment I realized that I no longer had positive expectations of Karen and our friendship nor could I trust her because of her behavior. It was also said that “Trusting people is to be able to share anything with that person.” Whether you are placing trust in your family or friends, no one wants to end up feeling deceived.
The phenomenon of trust has been explored in various venues; economics, social psychology, and political sciences. Trust is a peculiar resource; it is built rather than depleted by use.” For example, everyone inherently trusts their family, believing that family is not misleading to one another. However when something happens and a family member betrays trust, or you discover that you cannot trust someone in your family, it may be the result of trust never had been built into the family structure at all. For example, my brother and I both received money on our birthdays. This particular year I got more money than he did and I asked him to put my money up for me so I would not spend it. Well, he held it and when I asked for it back he said he put in under his mattress. Of course, I went to look and it was not there. He said someone else took it but never bothered to offer it back to me. A while later my mother discovered that he had a gambling problem. Just because he was my oldest brother I thought it was more than enough reason to trust him but I was wrong It was just a logical way of expressing feelings. Trust comes from experiences and behaviors, not family expectations.
You may be deceived if you trust too much but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.” For example, as a lonely freshman in a new high school, I did not have many friends. I decided to involve myself in after school programs to meet people. Because I love to write poetry I gave my English teacher my writing to revise. I thought that he was someone I could trust until one day when I fell asleep in his class and he waited until after all the students were gone to wake me up. He tried to molest me. I trusted him too much, and as a result, I was deceived. But if I never trusted him at all, my poetry would never have been revised or complemented.
Theorists have developed a “theoretical perspective” on trust which argues that some people tend to trust more than others. “It’s an expectancy that functions to the degree of how trust has been honored and that individual’s history of prior social interactions. When reflecting back on my previous experience, realizing I could not trust my own teacher, someone who all students should be able to confide in, time has made me understand that my social encounters changed who and how I define trust. It has made me less eager to interact in class or even with people I’ve known for a long time. I had a block on my heart from that day on, and I was skeptical. Trust should make you feel a sense of closeness and ability to live up to positive expectations towards one another.
As William Shakespeare once said “Love all, Trust a few.” The fact that it can be hard at times to trust individuals should not be an excuse never to trust again. But, it should lead to being careful about where you place your trust in future situations. Trusting is confiding in someone over time. Not through betrayal but the willingness of the person’s actions.
I think that each race will choose thier own race over any other race… initially. I think that people tend to choose what ever they are most comfortable with. When a person finally sees the characteristics of a person and their traits then maybe they can choose them based on that. I think that it is wrong to choose someone of your race or nationality just based on that. If a person goes on a job interview and they do not have good credentials, but the manager, or the person who is doing the hiring process, is of the same race and they are hired, then that is wrong.
I feel that a person of color would choose a person of color. People of color feel a bond to each other, such as holocaust survivors do because they have experienced a great deal of pain and tough times together. People of color want to help other people of color who might not be as well off as they are and give them opportunities to succeed in life. This is not to say that a color person will pick another person of color who is not qualified for the job, just when deciding between two people who are equally qualifies they would choose the person of color because they see a little piece of themselves inside the person they are hiring….January 22
I think that a black person is more likely to pick a black person for a job. They feel that they should hire someone of the same race if the opportunity presents itself. It seems like they always see other black people get denied job positions, and they feel some sort of sympathy. I have not seen any businesses yet run by black people who hire white people for high positions. We are more likely to hire someone of the same race no matter who it is. We feel that it is right and very easy to hire someone of the same race regardless of the person.
People may have different opinions on this issue but the fact is the majority of businesses ran by black people will simply higher black workers to the most part. I have not drove through a neighborhood full of black businesses and seen a lot of white workers. The simple fact is the majority of whites will higher whites and the majority of blacks will higher blacks. They think in their mind that it is easier to get things done with people of their own race, than struggle with race relations. Many people fear this issue, and they don’t want to go into it. One of the good things I think of SOC 119 is that it exposes you to these issues. I thought that this class would be hard to go through at first, but now it seems relatively easy for me to go through.
This class is giving me a whole new perspective on race relations. We only get on side of the story through the media, but this class exposes all views and angles. I think it’s a good class. But getting back to the point, the fact that peoples of the same race higher each other is not prejudice based at all. It is simply that people are more comfortable around people like them. When there are different types of people working in one place, some people may believe this to be inefficient. One big example of this is the don’t ask don’t tell policy of the armed forces. People believe that they are all the same in the army and by that I mean the same sexual orientation. This makes things run a lot smoother because soldiers could bicker and pick on the people in the army if they outright new that they were gay. This policy is very effective, and without it our military would crumble. People need to set aside their differences and just work. The world of race shouldn’t be how it is today. But people will never change their values and it will always be like this.
Sam mentioned in class that this issue is "so deeply rooted." I think this means that overall, if given the choice, most people of color will also pick white employees. This isn't to say that there aren't a few exceptions out there
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March 30th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
They will pick black employees.
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A survey proving that employers are most likely to hire a white person over a person of color unfortunately doesn’t sound all that shocking because as most of us know, discrimination and racism still exist; most likely, it probably always will. However when I saw the survey/experiment presented in class about a white man and black man with exactly the same resumes and clothing go after a job opportunity I was intrigued to see what the outcome would be. People often try to excuse their behavior as not being racist but there is no explanation for this… You could not say that these men didn’t have the same opportunity because they did. You cannot say that these men didn’t have equal education, because they did. So what is the excuse for this outcome? Wouldn’t you think maybe they would have an equal shot? Or at least close to equal? How about they throw in a criminal record on just one resume, wouldn’t this make a huge difference in the outcome if one man has spent time in prison? They make a criminal record for almost a year in jail and the charge of possession and intent to sell cocaine, there is no way you would think to hire this person over the person who has no record, hands down. But then they threw color in, they made it so that all the white men had this criminal record, the black men had clear records, perfect you could say. It was at this point that I was thinking no one in their right mind would hire someone who has been in prison and connected to drugs over someone who hasn’t. When I heard the outcome that they STILL hired the white man with the criminal record over the black man with equal education and no record my jaw dropped. I was beyond shocked at something like this. I frankly just do not understand racism; to me the concept makes no sense. Someone is more tan then you what is the big deal. How does that change anything at all? To see that this level of discrimination still exists however blew my mind. I mentioned the statistics to my boyfriend and he was not shocked at all. I guess I just don’t understand how people could see the world in such a way. How someone would that harshly judge someone before even talking to them is just sad. Also the whole subject of how people don’t get call backs or hired because their names are different is absurd to me. How can you discriminate against a name or its spelling?! How are we ever supposed to get anywhere in the world if there are bad people like this? How will anything ever change if people are so stubborn and racist? Why can’t people just look beyond the surface, some people may be tanner or more pale than you, get over it it’s not a big deal.
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From my personal experience, black employers prefer to hire other black people. For almost a year I worked in a kitchen at a nursing home. My boss, Robert, was a very tough African man. Having other nonwhite employers, I knew what it meant to be intimidated by your boss, but I believe I was also largely intimidated by him because he was a very tough looking black man. He seemed to play the stereotypical role of 'big black scary man.' Of all the employees working, only four were white. I had seen many employees fired and new ones hired, and all were black. The four white had been stable employees the entire time I had worked there. Robert seemed to prefer hiring people of his color even though it appeared to be that the four white people were more reliable workers. I feel this would be true for many other black employers as well.
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I think that a black person is more likely to choose another black person when applying for a job. It is simply racist indeed. Just as a white person is more likely to hire another white person, the same principal applies to blacks. People are more likely to hire people like them, or people who they feel comfortable around. Also, blacks feel like they should assert their own form of affirmative action among themselves. I think since white people will not construct a massive affirmative action technique, blacks feel they would be doing a good thing if they hired someone like them.
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During the college application process and even applying for financial aid, I felt compelled to just “lie” about my race and I felt very tempted to circle White/Caucasian. Under my conceptions, I feel that “white” students have a higher and better chance of being accepted into colleges. I’ve always felt there was a hidden discriminatory behind the college acceptance process even to the point where if you compare two students side by side with the same qualifications, same GPA, SAT, and extracurricular activities, most colleges are bound to select the white student over the foreign one. When I heard that colleges are actually seeking for more “diversity” for their school, it was almost shocking and unbelievable. I always felt it was the other way around, that most colleges would rather seek a “normal” student body.
I think my preconceived notion came about mainly because I was raised in a full blooded Chinese family and being the first generation from immigrated parents, my parents have always preached me that America is full of “racism.” From jobs opportunities to sports; employers and coaches are constantly seeking the “whiteness” in society. Starting from an early age, I feel this statement possessed some underlying truth even though it’s probably corrupted with bogus superstitions.
As Dr. Sam said in class numerous times, individuals with white skin have the immediate advantage in society. Even the comparisons he made using the statistics of individual’s last name can have great effects in job applications and other processes in society. These assumptions are easily made and while colleges may not be able to deter an individual from admittance based on race, I feel many jobs that doesn’t require a college degree are more likely to practice this kind of hidden racism.
This experience truly hits home when I applied about 10 different jobs during the summer and I was never called back for any of them. There are various factors that may influence why the employers never called me back, but I still feel that most of them didn’t return my calls because I wasn’t their stereotypical “look.” The one specific lecture that Dr. Sam held about employers were more likely to return a call to whites with a criminal record than a black person without one. This is applicable in my situation when my friend applied for the same job as I did with the exception that her application had a felony record on it and mine didn’t. The employer gave her a call back, but didn’t give me one. It wasn’t until that she mentioned me to the employer that he called me back and asked me to work for him. So when it comes to answering the question if I would circle Caucasian or white, I think I would.
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At first I feel like jumping to the conclusion that people of color would mostly pick other people of color as employees. But I am not a person of color and that is just an assumption. Although that could be true to an extent, I think maybe it would be closer to 50-50. As someone mentioned, this issue is deeply rooted. I do believe people of color would choose many white employees as well, with maybe a slightly higher than average amount of colored employees. It most definitely would be the expected opposite though. White's hire mainly whites but the reverse may not be true.
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This is a really good question and I don't think there is a definite answer just like most answers to most questions that arise in this class. However I think that they might choose a white person over a black person out of fear that someone might say that they just hired them because they were black making them lean towards the white person. But then again maybe the white person is more qualified for the job. There could also be the issue that the black person would hire the black person so that the black potential employee doesn't think they were "betraying" their own race. The employer might be afraid that he would be labeled as someone who doesn't help out his own people. So in the end there is an issue if the employer chooses the white person and there is an issue if they chose the black person. So I am not really sure what the odds of a black employer choosing a black person over a white person and vise verse but I am going to say that they would choose the white person but it all depends on the person and the work environment, as in what the job entails, I guess.
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I think that people of color who work in the college acceptance offices across the nation aren’t specifically looking for colored people and white people aren’t looking for white students. When they are in the job position they are in, Im sure that has been properly educated by the university to pick the student that would fit best at the university, but not because of their skin color. With that being said I’m sure some “sweeping under the rug” still occurs in which maybe a person of a specific race will pick a student of a specific race without fully reviewing their credentials in order to ensure the race gets their fair share in the university’s enroll numbers.
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This is a very interesting question and many people who have struggled to get jobs may find a way to make the application process go more smoothly in order to have things go in their favor. It is a harsh way to think but living as a minority in this country, whites do get better advantages when it comes to looking at an application without really knowing the person behind that application. You circle white on an application and you automatically get SOME kind of advantage no matter how much you choose to deny it. A person's stereotypes will always be there and assumptions will be made by that person looking at an application because it is only natural to do so. Even Sam mentioned in class this is issue is so deeply rooted that ever most people of color will also pick white employees. Its ridiculous to think that people of color like myself would choose someone of white descent because even WE have our own stereotypes about our OWN people.
Maybe this just comes from the kind of background I was raised in as well. In my family, I was praised by my family because of the lighter color of my skin. My mother and father would tell me stories of my upbringing on how people did not believe I was their child because I looked too "white" and my mother had more indigenous tan skin. So all my life, I had this notion in my head that lighter skin meant more opportunities and meant that I was more blessed because I could maybe pull off being a "white" person so I could get ahead in life. My parents encouraged it as well, that maybe portraying myself as more Americanized and as more white, I would be better off in this kind of society.
I remember Sam asking in class, is we had a chance to change our skin color or race to be white I think I would have to agree because in the end, the white man or woman has the advantage at the starting line no matter how much we try to think otherwise. I am not ashamed of my culture or my Hispanic background because I would not be the person I am without it. But my family and I have struggled. We have been through poverty, through language barriers and through times where opportunities were denied to my family and I just feel like it is not fair.
With all this said, my upbringing could be the main reason for why race and even skin color has been somewhat of a serious issue for me and probably for many people of color. Race has just always been a factor is whether we make it or not here in the United States.
So would I mark White on an application….I never have before but there is no doubt that I would probably think twice next time…
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With the statistics shown in class, Sam told us that black people were apart of the application process. So that goes to show that not only white people were hiring whites over black people. As much as everyone wants to point their fingers at white people for discriminating against people of color they have no right to. People of color are as guilty as white people are according to this study. I find it to be even worse that people of color were involved in this process because it shows that they aren’t even willing to give their own kind an equal chance.
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This is a great question. I think that a black person is more likely to choose another black person than a white person. I feel like people have a tendency to choose other people that are like them. Although just because a person has the same skin color as you doesn’t mean they are similar to you, it is the first noticeable difference. You can’t deny that. I hate when people say “I don’t see skin color”. Of course you do, how could you not? No matter what, I think it’s always in the back of people’s minds. Whether or not a person associates stereotypes with a skin color is what makes the difference between racist and non racist people.
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This is a very difficult question, but intriguing. I haven't really thought of it this way. But maybe black people, or people of other cultures, aren't really making the decisions, as much as white people. This is completely ridiculous. It should be all about the resume. I think its crazy that we still live in a day where people are prejudice based on skin color. I just don't understand. Even if more white people are making decisions on who to hire, you would think more people would be like us, and understand these basic concepts. Are people really this immoral? Do they really think it is okay to justify not hiring someone because of skin tone? I just don't understand it. These things never should have came about. Its just frustrating. To answer the question though, I don't recall learning that black people were choosing white people. I feel that anyone in the position to choose a candidate for a job should look solely at the application. But it probably won't ever be this way; that is of course……. if we make a machine that basically looks only at the resume and compares the two, or hundreds, and picks the one that makes the most sense. Hmm..
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I think it depends on the situation. I know the company my brother works for he is the only white person who works there. They said they hired him to be a liaison between them and other white business owners because they felt white business owners felt uncomfortable or less accepting when talking to black people. He was even informed to pretend that his boss is his client and that he is the boss when addressing other businesses. Since his hire sales have gone up especially with other white businesses. I found this to be very interesting and somewhat not shocking actually. In my eyes I am not surprised that a white business owner would be more accepting of a white person than a black person trying to sell them something. Unfortunately that is just the way it is. It is very deep rooted in our society and we take very unusual approaches for a quick fix in this department.
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I feel that discrimination starts because people dont build relationships and trust one another. Most people dont know how to trust because they have been hurt so then anything outside the box is discriminated against. I feel that trust is the key and communication will come.
Trust is not about being deceived taking advantaged of or being tormented in anyway. It relies on being trust worthy. “Few things help an individual more to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him,” (Booker T. Washington). It’s understandable that most people place their trust in friends. However, sometimes even our closest friend may define trust in a different way than you do. By creating a survey and distributing it to peers, I came to find that some think, “trust is to be able to rely on another.” For instance, my friend Karen and I have known each other for more than 8 years, after knowing each other and hanging out you would think we would be more compatible and see things the same but it was the opposite. I told Karen about my mother being on drugs and I told her to keep it between me and her. Two days later I found out that she had been bad talking my family and telling everyone around the neighborhood. From that moment I realized that I no longer had positive expectations of Karen and our friendship nor could I trust her because of her behavior. It was also said that “Trusting people is to be able to share anything with that person.” Whether you are placing trust in your family or friends, no one wants to end up feeling deceived.
The phenomenon of trust has been explored in various venues; economics, social psychology, and political sciences. Trust is a peculiar resource; it is built rather than depleted by use.” For example, everyone inherently trusts their family, believing that family is not misleading to one another. However when something happens and a family member betrays trust, or you discover that you cannot trust someone in your family, it may be the result of trust never had been built into the family structure at all. For example, my brother and I both received money on our birthdays. This particular year I got more money than he did and I asked him to put my money up for me so I would not spend it. Well, he held it and when I asked for it back he said he put in under his mattress. Of course, I went to look and it was not there. He said someone else took it but never bothered to offer it back to me. A while later my mother discovered that he had a gambling problem. Just because he was my oldest brother I thought it was more than enough reason to trust him but I was wrong It was just a logical way of expressing feelings. Trust comes from experiences and behaviors, not family expectations.
You may be deceived if you trust too much but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.” For example, as a lonely freshman in a new high school, I did not have many friends. I decided to involve myself in after school programs to meet people. Because I love to write poetry I gave my English teacher my writing to revise. I thought that he was someone I could trust until one day when I fell asleep in his class and he waited until after all the students were gone to wake me up. He tried to molest me. I trusted him too much, and as a result, I was deceived. But if I never trusted him at all, my poetry would never have been revised or complemented.
Theorists have developed a “theoretical perspective” on trust which argues that some people tend to trust more than others. “It’s an expectancy that functions to the degree of how trust has been honored and that individual’s history of prior social interactions. When reflecting back on my previous experience, realizing I could not trust my own teacher, someone who all students should be able to confide in, time has made me understand that my social encounters changed who and how I define trust. It has made me less eager to interact in class or even with people I’ve known for a long time. I had a block on my heart from that day on, and I was skeptical. Trust should make you feel a sense of closeness and ability to live up to positive expectations towards one another.
As William Shakespeare once said “Love all, Trust a few.” The fact that it can be hard at times to trust individuals should not be an excuse never to trust again. But, it should lead to being careful about where you place your trust in future situations. Trusting is confiding in someone over time. Not through betrayal but the willingness of the person’s actions.
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I think that each race will choose thier own race over any other race… initially. I think that people tend to choose what ever they are most comfortable with. When a person finally sees the characteristics of a person and their traits then maybe they can choose them based on that. I think that it is wrong to choose someone of your race or nationality just based on that. If a person goes on a job interview and they do not have good credentials, but the manager, or the person who is doing the hiring process, is of the same race and they are hired, then that is wrong.
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I feel that a person of color would choose a person of color. People of color feel a bond to each other, such as holocaust survivors do because they have experienced a great deal of pain and tough times together. People of color want to help other people of color who might not be as well off as they are and give them opportunities to succeed in life. This is not to say that a color person will pick another person of color who is not qualified for the job, just when deciding between two people who are equally qualifies they would choose the person of color because they see a little piece of themselves inside the person they are hiring….January 22
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I think that a black person is more likely to pick a black person for a job. They feel that they should hire someone of the same race if the opportunity presents itself. It seems like they always see other black people get denied job positions, and they feel some sort of sympathy. I have not seen any businesses yet run by black people who hire white people for high positions. We are more likely to hire someone of the same race no matter who it is. We feel that it is right and very easy to hire someone of the same race regardless of the person.
People may have different opinions on this issue but the fact is the majority of businesses ran by black people will simply higher black workers to the most part. I have not drove through a neighborhood full of black businesses and seen a lot of white workers. The simple fact is the majority of whites will higher whites and the majority of blacks will higher blacks. They think in their mind that it is easier to get things done with people of their own race, than struggle with race relations. Many people fear this issue, and they don’t want to go into it. One of the good things I think of SOC 119 is that it exposes you to these issues. I thought that this class would be hard to go through at first, but now it seems relatively easy for me to go through.
This class is giving me a whole new perspective on race relations. We only get on side of the story through the media, but this class exposes all views and angles. I think it’s a good class. But getting back to the point, the fact that peoples of the same race higher each other is not prejudice based at all. It is simply that people are more comfortable around people like them. When there are different types of people working in one place, some people may believe this to be inefficient. One big example of this is the don’t ask don’t tell policy of the armed forces. People believe that they are all the same in the army and by that I mean the same sexual orientation. This makes things run a lot smoother because soldiers could bicker and pick on the people in the army if they outright new that they were gay. This policy is very effective, and without it our military would crumble. People need to set aside their differences and just work. The world of race shouldn’t be how it is today. But people will never change their values and it will always be like this.
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