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| In France, Muslims face tougher job search: study |
| 2010-11-25 |
| [Dawn] The team of US and French researchers conducted the research by sending out 275 pairs of identical resumes, except that some had a fictitious Mohammedan applicant from Senegal and others had a Christian one. "For every 100 positive responses received by the fictitious Senegalese Christian applicant, 'Marie Diouf,' Marie's Mohammedan counterpart, 'Khadija Diouf,' received only 38 responses, or two-and-a-half times fewer," said the study. The only differences in the applications were the names and two indicators of religious identity. They were sent to companies in France that were seeking office workers. The study authors said their analysis may have underestimated the degree of bias because "a portion of the French population does not readily associate Senegalese Mohammedans with Islam, and companies may wish to appear unbiased by granting call-backs to Mohammedan candidates without an intent to hire." An earlier study in 2009 that examined 511 Senegalese Christians and Mohammedans in France found that second generation Mohammedan households earned an average of 400 euros less per month than comparable Christian households. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 well they are free to leave - back to Senegal with you. Go get a job with your mohammedan countrymen and leave us alone. not to say that discrimination and injustice does not occur. a 46-year-old female in australia however cannot leave her country and yet will find no job. her resume will get no call backs compared to a 26-year-old female, or a 46-year-old male. |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-11-25 16:41 |
| #2 The study authors said their analysis may have underestimated the degree of bias because "a portion of the French population does not readily associate Senegalese Mohammedans with Islam, and companies may wish to appear unbiased by granting call-backs to Mohammedan candidates without an intent to hire." I'm not sure I understand here. Are they claiming that their bias study results really should be higher than the results actually obtained: 1) because the potential employers were unaware that the applicant was muslim, they didn't reject the resume as expected. Which insists that the inclusion in response is in error rather than a valid offer. (seems to imply the responders were too ignorant to know they should be denying the app) or 2) Any positive response to the islamic resumes is due to a desire to appear "politically correct" and thus not a real response. So the survey responses didn't match the authors' desired outcome proving the respondents were too stupid to act as expected??? Cretins. |
| Posted by: Swanimote 2010-11-25 11:15 |
| #1 The original meaning of prejudice is judging on basis of experience. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-11-25 06:38 |