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"RACIST NONRACISTS", THE NEW THREAT:Racistas não-racistas: a nova ameaça

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Racism isn't just a Klan rally. Racism isn't just someone shouting a racial slur. Racism includes job discrimination, even name prejudices that evoke a racial identity because the name is more Afrikan American or Latino...like Jaquan or Tamika, Esmerelda or Pedro...and many people who immediately make negative judgements about the quality of the applicant based upon the name alone. Doubt me? A brilliant study clearly showed the intense but subtle racism impeding Afrikan American employment opportunities, even when every factor except race is literally the same.Click on this link to read the report. "...Professors at the University of Chicago and MIT sent 5,000 fictitious resumes in response to 1,300 help wanted ads. Each resume listed identical qualifications except for one variation -- some applicants had Anglo-sounding names such as "Brendan," while others had black-sounding names such as "Jamal." Applicants with Anglo-sounding