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- Subject: Re: Preferential treatment
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- Date: 5 Nov 92 22:04:55 GMT
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- Tim,
- Have you ever filled out an application for anything serious that did not
- require that you give your name in full? In almost any serious application
- form there is a line that is reserved for the applicant's name in full. If
- you are applying for a job or a credit card, the person(s) deciding if you
- get it know a lot about you. The people who make such decisions cannot
- be blind in most cases when they know who you are. The biggest thing that
- can come from the name is an assumption of whether the application is
- from a man or a woman. Many names can also be judged to have some distinct
- ethnic origin. Your roomate's sister was indeed clever, but how can the
- rest of us avoid the fact that individuals making choices about us have
- information that can bias them?
-
- Tammy
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