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Modern day racism in the workplace

Wednesday, 31 October 2018 12:43 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 31 October 2018 3:33 PM ]

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According to employees rights websites, the number of race discrimination charges in the US shockingly exceeded 31,000 in 2014.

Experts say, job seekers with white-sounding names get one response out of 10 resumes, while candidates with African-American sounding names get just one callback per 15 resumes.

Norwegian researchers found that anti-black racism in hiring within the US has not changed since the 1980s. What can we do to tackle workplace racism?

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