<p>This is weird because most people I know with the the last name white are black. I don’t know any white person the named Bianca either. I would assumed this person was a minority. </p>
<p>I am sure racism is alive and well.</p>
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<p>You mean like Betty, Vanna, and Shaun?</p>
<p>I asked my daughter (age 19), and she said that Yolanda is black and Bianca is Hispanic.</p>
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<p>Most famous (to me at least) Bianca- Bianca Jagger who was Nicaraguan </p>
<p>Most famous Yolanda- Yolanda Vega from the NY lottery. There is also Yolanda Foster from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, who is white. </p>
<p>As for “White”- its the Minister of Defense, Reggie White. Or the kid from Family Matters. </p>
<p>Google Image Search:
“Yolanda” - 50% black. Lots of Hispanic. Some blonds.
“Bianca” - mostly Hispanic. And disproportionately slutty.
“Spivey” - 80% white
“surname White” - too much clutter in the data </p>
<p>Unless the Insurance Industry has a vested interest in hiring probable Hispanics over very possibly Hispanics I dont see anything here. </p>
<p>Some enterprising person could repeat this experiment on Monster with two or three more definitive names. And testing a fresh listing verses a stale one might be revealing too.</p>
<p>Kinda funny, since Bianca is Italian for white.</p>
<p>Zoosermom- maybe you and I can make our own ethnic group for I am also jealous of groups with rich histories.</p>
<p>Well, the example might not be that great, but nobody needs to do the experiment anyway. We have the unemployment numbers and they are broken down into demographics and so we know that this woman is having a harder time finding a job than her white counterpart. She isn’t making that part up, for sure.</p>
<p>We know nothing of the sort.</p>
<p>There was a time when Jews gave their kids Wasp-y sounding names instead of traditionally Jewish ones that their parents had when they got off the boat from Eastern Europe. Now that there are not quotas against Jews in colleges and they can get into any country club, the traditional names have come back.</p>
<p>Perhaps blacks should think about what they name their children along the same lines. I may get flamed for saying this, but it’s something to think about. The same way a Jewish child was “Moshe” at home and “Murray” on the street, it may be prudent to be Adetokunbo at home and Alex in the office. At least until some time in the happy near future when these work-arounds are not necessary. :)</p>
<p>[Table</a> A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm]Table”>http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm)</p>
<p>The only person I’ve ever known who was named Yolanda was white. I’ve never known a Bianca. (When I hear it, I think of Kate’s younger sister in The Taming of the Shrew.) Off of the top of my head, I think that all of the people with the surname White whom I have known were also black. Clearly, the names she was dealing with are pretty fluid in terms of the race they evoke. Regarding the 22 yr old being offered a management job, I would suggest that what was going on there was not racial prejudice per se, but sexual interest. </p>
<p>All that aside, I’ve read about the studies that measured differing reactions.</p>
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<p>Lawrence Taylor?</p>
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<p>Corrected for industry, education, location we know nothing of the sort.</p>
<p>argybargy, I believe that it is true across the board. Poetgrl said compared to her white COUNTERPART, not to ANY white woman.</p>
<p>exactly. Thank you.</p>
<p>The government data doesn’t correct for any of that. You dont know if you are trying to compare an unemployed line cook in Michigan with an employed PA in San Francisco. Thats no way to reason.</p>
<p>Argbargy, I have seen the way you reason. Give me some data. Give me something. Not just your opinion.</p>
<p>The government data CAN be used to correct for education, profession, location, age, marital status, length of time since last worked, job search methods, reasons for unemployment, and just about anything else you can imagine.</p>
<p>How do I know this? Because I help collect the data. In fact, that is what I should be doing right now. :D</p>
<p>The way I reason is not be concluding we “know” something we havent accounted for correlating factors we know are associated with employment. </p>
<p>A degree maters, as does the major. You are ignoring that.</p>
<p>Hate to tell you, but we DO know about degrees. And even about courses taken for credit that have not yet resulted in a degree. There is another survey that collects income and employment data that also asks about college major.</p>
<p>Really, the information is there.</p>
<p>Does anyone here really think there is not a disadvantage to someone submitting a resume with a stereotypically black name?</p>
<p>I’ve known rental agents and real estate agents, who in the past (this was 80’s-90’s) would assume someone was white or black by their name and sometimes would try to steer them elsewhere when they actually met them. I remember one black woman that wouldn’t take it without some loud protests and changed her agency…she could have done more. </p>
<p>Names are part of it, but sometimes it’s the tip of the iceberg, if someone can’t see talent and promise in someone because of race, it’s their loss and very sad but also illegal. </p>
<p>I do see a trend to more traditional names though in young people I know of all races, I don’t know if it’s a trend nationwide</p>