Discrimination in the Way of Hiring
Recently, the television show “The View” spoke about the discrimination given when hiring potential employees, and how difficult it is to receive a job due to an individual 's unprofessional name. After playing a viral YouTube video of the “Top 60 Ghetto Black Names”, Raven Symone commented that she is discriminant against hiring anyone with a name like Watermelondrea, as said in the video. For fear that the person’s actions might reflect off their unprofessional name. Regardless of an individual 's name they should have the fair chance to be hired, and not prejudged based off of their name. As long as the person is professional, they deserve the same opportunity to be hired as anyone else does. It’s often …show more content…
But when the comment was said I strongly believe that she is against employing anyone who might be taken as a joke. Which is understandable, nobody would take another individual seriously with a weird unprofessional name like that. It doesn’t mean that person shouldn’t be given the chance to show what they’re capable of, just means they would really need to make a good impression on the employer. Devon Carbado, professor of law at the University of California recognizes that employers avoid hiring those who are not taken seriously. “The labor forces are not eliminating African Americans, just those who are unprofessional, or don’t qualify for the job” (Carbado). Which is most likely how Raven meant her comment, but failed to make it clearer. She used a poor selection of words to inform viewers about her opinion, she never wanted to come off as prejudice person as she did to …show more content…
There should be a zero tolerance for racial discrimination with employment. Raven Symone should give everyone the fair chance to let people show what they have to offer her within business. Not prejudging people or making assumptions of their actions they might pursue to the company due to their given birth name. Raven would be better off owning up to the fact that she was wrong for her comment on “The View” and that she clearly has an understanding that everyone has the fair chance of being employed regardless of
Recently, the television show “The View” spoke about the discrimination given when hiring potential employees, and how difficult it is to receive a job due to an individual 's unprofessional name. After playing a viral YouTube video of the “Top 60 Ghetto Black Names”, Raven Symone commented that she is discriminant against hiring anyone with a name like Watermelondrea, as said in the video. For fear that the person’s actions might reflect off their unprofessional name. Regardless of an individual 's name they should have the fair chance to be hired, and not prejudged based off of their name. As long as the person is professional, they deserve the same opportunity to be hired as anyone else does. It’s often …show more content…
But when the comment was said I strongly believe that she is against employing anyone who might be taken as a joke. Which is understandable, nobody would take another individual seriously with a weird unprofessional name like that. It doesn’t mean that person shouldn’t be given the chance to show what they’re capable of, just means they would really need to make a good impression on the employer. Devon Carbado, professor of law at the University of California recognizes that employers avoid hiring those who are not taken seriously. “The labor forces are not eliminating African Americans, just those who are unprofessional, or don’t qualify for the job” (Carbado). Which is most likely how Raven meant her comment, but failed to make it clearer. She used a poor selection of words to inform viewers about her opinion, she never wanted to come off as prejudice person as she did to …show more content…
There should be a zero tolerance for racial discrimination with employment. Raven Symone should give everyone the fair chance to let people show what they have to offer her within business. Not prejudging people or making assumptions of their actions they might pursue to the company due to their given birth name. Raven would be better off owning up to the fact that she was wrong for her comment on “The View” and that she clearly has an understanding that everyone has the fair chance of being employed regardless of