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A Black man has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, alleging the hotel only offered him a job interview after he changed the name on his resume, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN.

Dwight Jackson filed the lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel on July 3, alleging he was denied a job when he applied as “Dwight Jackson,” but later offered an interview when he changed his name to “John Jebrowski.”

The lawsuit alleges Jackson was denied a job in “violation of Michigan Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act.”

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[-] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Freakonomics talked about this ages ago

Not that they are a proper source or anything just... one of those things where it feels true and you keep seeing examples of it forever

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Freakonomics lists all their sources at least

[-] Kimano@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

There's also been tons of academic studies on it that back it up.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[-] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah they aren't bad but the nature of this type of thing is largely statistics and self reporting and all sorts of other stuff smarter more scientific, academic minded people could point out than my stoned brain recalls. Things that can be interpreted differently much like translators could translate the same scene between characters with different dialog and undertones.

I mean it isn't like they are outright disproven or liars or anything.. just it is often up for scrutiny because that is the nature of sociology.

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