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a bias against the names Cletus or Billy Bob says nothing of the white racial group at large.


A bias against Cletus or Billy Bob is a bias against a subset of a racial group. When the name you're biased against is represented by the entire group, it the only conclusion is that it is a bias against the racial group itself.

Lets take this a bit further. For your resume to not be biased against from the start, you have to not have a "typical" black name; essentially erasing any indication of your race from your resume. How is that not a bias against the race?

You guys are seriously straining logic here.




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