Should employers be allowed to ask about your ethnicity?

Not repealed, restricted, because it does help the less fortunate that work really hard but cannot afford a good education, because the people with better credentials should get in, but if a minority and a majority have the same credentials, the minority should get in to diversify the school. That is the goal of affirmative action.layton2012

It doesn't work like that.

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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.

layton2012

Education should be funded through taxes. That's the only way to avoid the caste system.

In the US at least Race is a protected class. You cnanot bee fired or refused employment because of it. Asking sucha question opens up the company to possibly liability and legal reprecusisons if someone can convince a judge/jury that the reason they didn't hire you is because you checked the "Africna American" chekc box.

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

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

sune_Gem

There are also some other cases where the employer might what to hire you quickly but can't because of the slow visa process if you have a particular ethnic background. For instance as if you go to work in India as and you have a Pakistani background you will find that getting a working visa will take several more weeks/months than if you didn't. For a company that wants someone to fill a position quickly, I think they'd be in the right to refuse you if they felt they could get someone else through the visa process quicker.

Generally speaking though I wouldn't want the interviewer to feel intimidated to ask me about those things in a light banter-ish kind of way. I would take exception to that information being used either for or against me in the application process where it didn't matter.

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

If you took these non-discrimination laws any further, I couldn't marry only white women. I'd have to give equal consideration to non-whites and men. Why should my employer be forced to hire me because I'm "qualified" if he doesn't want an atheist working for him? You know what, I don't want to work for him. It should go both ways.Genetic_Code

yes because ethnicity determines work ethic, intelligenceLiftedHeadshot

Ethnicity demonstrates intelligence? What?

yes because ethnicity determines work ethic, intelligenceLiftedHeadshot

:| Racist much?

[QUOTE="LiftedHeadshot"]yes because ethnicity determines work ethic, intelligencesSubZerOo

:| Racist much?

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[QUOTE="LiftedHeadshot"]yes because ethnicity determines work ethic, intelligenceLiftedHeadshot

:| Racist much?

No beacuse you race has nothing to do with your job. Even when asked I always choose choose plan not to disclose.

yes because ethnicity determines work ethic, intelligenceLiftedHeadshot

That's exactly what the nazies thought;)

I guess it depends on the job. If you were going to be a spokesperson for Latinos of america, they may want to know you ethnicity beforehand.