Researchers have found that African-Americans who leave messages in response to ads often never receive return calls,while whites almost always do.

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When researchers sent out identical résumés for jobs listed in the newspaper, with the only difference being the names of the applicants, those with "ethnic" names like Jamal or Lakiesha received 50 percent fewer callbacks for jobs than the identical résumés with traditionally white names like Megan or Brad. In addition, researchers have found linguistic profiling-African-Americans who leave messages in response to ads often never receive return calls, while whites almost always do.

Researchers Have Found That African-Americans Who Leave Messages in Response