“White” is not a race, but rather a skin color whereas the other descriptions are nationalities. Why does ones nationality so important for a job?
So I, Publius Jr, have been looking for a paying job, this unpaid job I’ve been doing as the admin and writer of this website requires me to have a paying job. I’ve filled out countless applications for private and government jobs. The part about Race in the demographics section when applying for the job seems wrong somehow.
Why does an employer need to know my skin color or race? Does my skin pigment contribute to my overall job performance? Are they hiring only so many blacks, whites? Why that sounds like a quota system!
Does my skin pigment contribute to my overall job performance?
As for the question of Race, I don’t believe in it. The concept of Race is a man-made idea that splits the population into a caste system where a select few get to benefit from the work and misery of others. It is a dated system that unraveled when it met the industrial revolution.
How do I know it is man-made? It is because you never read about the skin colors or “race” of the people in the Bible. You only read about the different nationalities and tribes encountered in the Bible. The concept popped up at the start of the African Slave Trade to the Americas. Why our country still supports this concept is a good question to answer. Perhaps it is because it gives some people a reason to blame for not getting hired or why they were fired from a job, or getting arrested, or stopped on the street by police officers.
Legislators made a big deal about “Banning the Box.” The box was a check box on applications for potential employees to check if they had committed a felony and now they are seeking employment long after they served time in prison for it. Eventually employers find out about an employee’s criminal history in a background check.
Equally I think the Race Question on Job Applications ought to be banned as well. Other demographic questions seem reasonable such as gender, though I can see some people who suffer from Gender Confusion Syndrome might object to it.
A step towards that color blind society Rev Martin Luther King Jr dreamed about starts with employers dropping the Race Question from Job Applications.
Until this demographic question is banned, I refuse to answer it if I can.