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Resumes With 'Black' Names Like 'Lakisha' or 'Jamal' Less Likely To Get Callback, Research
In 2021, economists from the University of California Berkeley and the University of Chicago conducted a study that found that job applicants with traditionally Black-sounding names were called back for an interview 10 per cent less than their white counterparts.The study developed from research conducted by professors at the University of Chicago two decades ago. According to the university, the 2003 findings exposed that resumes with white-sounding names were 50% more likely to get hired than...
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I teach democracy at Princeton. Student protesters are getting an education like no other
Students across the US are forging bonds in the face of brutal power structures. You might say they’ve already wonTeaching an undergraduate class on democracy at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs this semester has felt urgent and clarifying. In the classroom, we’ve been looking at backsliding and the slow corrosion of democratic norms in so-called democratic countries. Meanwhile, what’s been happening outside the classroom in more than 120 universities around the...