> Also the ones that ask for sexual preference (or however it is worded to get you to say straight/gay/other).
The goal is to hire someone other than a pedestrian straight white male, of course. They can't outright say it.
The goal is to hire someone other than a pedestrian straight white male, of course. They can't outright say it.
If you don't want to answer them then just answer it by stating you don't want to tell them. It's an option on every application I applied too.
> Certainly, there have been times where, you know, there’s no way we’re hiring a white man for this…. There are times when it’s spoken.
> Reporter: How would they say it?
> There’s no way we’re hiring a white man for this role. They’d be very careful how they’d message that to agents.
But this was captured by a controversial source, James O'Keefe's company, whom some consider an old-school journalist and others consider a prima facie con-man.
Whether or not this particular admission is 1) true and 2) from a real Disney exec, would it surprise anybody if this sentiment were common and barely concealed in large orgs?
You can only vilify a demographic group for so many years in a row before university students get into positions of power in big orgs and make sure that the vilified demographic gets shafted whenever possible, in the interest of "fairness".