In a recent study (M. Bertrand & S. Mullainathan, 2003), researchers sent 5,000 fictitious résumés, identical except for the names, to companies advertising in Chicago and Boston. Applicants with black-sounding names were 50 percent less likely to be called for an interview than those with white-sounding names. This unfair treatment is called

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Discrimination refers to the unfair treatment of individuals based on their group membership, such as race, which is evident in the study where applicants with black-sounding names were less likely to be called for interviews.

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