I've been thinking a lot about race, gender, ethnicity and representation (or lack thereof) in my industry.
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Seriously, these aren't rhetorical questions. What do the voices in your stories look like?
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A better question might be: when was the last time you used an underrepresented woman as a source? Any so far in 2016?
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Returning to this thing race, gender, ethnicity and representation (or lack thereof) in journalism because of article I read last night...
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It turns out that if you're a person of color up for a job where the rest of candidates are all white, your chances of getting hired are 0%.
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And if you're a woman for a job where the rest of candidates are all men, your chances of getting hired are also 0%. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
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Because people unconsciously support the status quo, they'll never tender an offer to a sole candidate of color. Crazy, huh?
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Actually, let me be more accurate: it's the candidates in the study had black names. Probably extends to poc, but I'm not positive.
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But if there are TWO black candidates in the pool, and two white candidates in the pool, things even out. Black candidates have 50% chance.
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Makes me think about all the times I encouraged a hiring committee to interview at least 1 poc in the last round. Should have been saying 2.
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Here's more from the study's authors. If you're hiring someone soon (or ever), please read this. For real. https://hbr.org/2016/04/if-theres-only-one-woman-in-your-candidate-pool-theres-statistically-no-chance-shell-be-hired …
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