I came across this tweet[0] the other day and in the replies there seemed to be many discussions sparked around the legalities of advertising / hiring based on immutable traits. From what I could gather (not a lawyer) based on what laws people were citing, is that it's "okay" to advertise in this manor, however it is not legal to actually make the hire taking into account these traits.

In the case of this tweet, I'm not sure how I feel about this, as it's clear what their goal is:

> empower and train black Computer Science students to land their first job

which seems fine. However this goal can't be achieved if a white person ends up being hired. So does the ad imply that they will only hire a black computer science student? It seems like a bit of a grey area to me.

And while I understand the article linked is about targeting only men for jobs and not for people of colour, they are similar on the basis that it is traits we have no control over.

One other point I'd like to make here, is that IF people see this as Facebook "allowing" to filter by immutable traits, in this case Twitter is essentially doing the same, by allowing these kinds of posts.

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this.

[0]: https://twitter.com/ryancarson/status/1039624079060267008