Should employers be allowed to ask about your ethnicity?

Due to a law dating from 1872, the French Republic prohibits performing census by making distinction between its citizens regarding their race or their beliefs

depends I suppose

Generally, no. Although canny employers will often be able to narrow it down if an applicant is called Wei Long or Mohammed, for example.

On a census it's fine, since the purpose is to find out the make-up of the population. That sort of data can have an impact on services the government offers and the data set is so large that it's unrealistic for them to start picking on people.

No. It's not really that revelant to the job, is it?

A lot of the time it's used for consensus reasons.

Allowed to? Sure. Should they? Probably not.

Why not, is there something wrong with getting some background information from an employee? We are not robots.

No, they shouldn't be allowed to.

Why not, is there something wrong with getting some background information from an employee? We are not robots.

Mike-uk

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Why not, is there something wrong with getting some background information from an employee? We are not robots.

LJS9502_basic

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Why not, is there something wrong with getting some background information from an employee? We are not robots.

Mike-uk

Because of racism...

Depends on the job. For example modeling and acting needs people with specific looks.

For most jobs it shouldn't matter as that person is the most qualified.

Plain and simple No.

The only time it should be relevant is in the filming career.

They should only be allowed to ask if they can reasonably show how it is relevant to the job.

No, they shouldn't.

What jobs depend on race exactly?

Considering that the employer is going to be voluntarily choosing and then paying the employee, they should be free to ask anything they want and then act upon the answer as they see fit (as long as they do not mug people showing up for interviews of course).

They ask a lot of irrelevant things. Hobbies, for instance. I don't really see the need to make complicated laws regarding what can be asked on an application form.MrPraline

What jobs depend on race exactly?

TopTierHustler

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Why not, is there something wrong with getting some background information from an employee? We are not robots.

Mike-uk

[QUOTE="Mike-uk"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] How would ethnicity correlate to job qualifications?Conno08

Because of racism...

Here in Canada it is illegal to ask age, gender, sexual orientation, religion or ethnicity... but if you are a member of the female gender, a visible minority or are of aboriginal heritage, you are encouraged to proclaim as such to gain special privileges not related to skills or experience over white males in the hiring process. Political correctness in action folks.Zeviander

It's disgusting.

There needs to be a push to repeal affirmative action, or what it should really be recognized as; punishment for people that work harder than others.

There needs to be a push to repeal affirmative action, or what it should really be recognized as; punishment for people that work harder than others.

TopTierHustler

There needs to be a push to repeal affirmative action, or what it should really be recognized as; punishment for people that work harder than others.

TopTierHustler

Sure I suppose... If certain hirings undermine their business... I mean if you operate a department store in the middle of Hickville, RacistTown, USA; hiring minorities would hurt your business there.

I am in a wheelchair and I look at it from the Americans with Disabilities Act perspective... People aren't allowed to disciminate disabled folk so long as it isn't a detriment to their business... For example, if the business operates out of a multiple story building and don't have an elevator... To accomadate me they would need to install an elevator costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and get a license for said elevator. I understand them not hiring me because of that. Or a business in an old building needing to get to wider door frames in every doorway, or instal ramps, etc... If it causes undue harm to the business, then I wouldn't want them to hire me anyways as that would be entirely selfish...

Sure I suppose... If certain hirings undermine their business... I mean if you operate a department store in the middle of Hickville, RacistTown, USA; hiring minorities would hurt your business there.

I am in a wheelchair and I look at it from the Americans with Disabilities Act perspective... People aren't allowed to disciminate disabled folk so long as it isn't a detriment to their business... For example, if the business operates out of a multiple story building and don't have an elevator... To accomadate me they would need to install an elevator costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and get a license for said elevator. I understand them not hiring me because of that. Or a business in an old building needing to get to wider door frames in every doorway, or instal ramps, etc... If it causes undue harm to the business, then I wouldn't want them to hire me anyways as that would be entirely selfish...

C2N2

An old friend of mine named Joshua used to work as a phone salesman. It did'nt take long for him to start introducing himself as David instead, for the sake of increasing sales.

Food for thought right there, but IDK..... It's not really a black/white consideration.

Only in acting, since an actor must be similar to the character they are playing. STAR_Admiral

[QUOTE="STAR_Admiral"]Only in acting, since an actor must be similar to the character they are playing. Stinger78

Actually... In the case of Nick Fury, it's because he's based on SJ in the Ultimate universe.

Linkage;)

There needs to be a push to repeal affirmative action, or what it should really be recognized as; punishment for people that work harder than others.

TopTierHustler