Re: CHAT: American Racism [was: Star Wars]
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 25, 1999, 18:48 |
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"From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html" wrote:
> In France it is forbidden to require people to tell their racial or religious
> origin in any forms. I guess these American forms are used for "affirmative
> action" procedure ?
AFAIK, they're always optional, and are often used just for demographic
studies, or to look for any possible bias (i.e., by comparing how many
applications list "African-American" compared to how many employees are
that).
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