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Do Black People Name Their Kid Shit Hit?
According to one such study if Deshawn Williams and Jake Williams sent identical resumes to the same employer Jake Williams would be more likely to get a call back. The implication is that black sounding names carry an economic penalty. Such studies are tantalizing but severely limited for they can't explain why Deshawn didn't get the call. A resume is a fairly undependable set of clues.
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