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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a hiring manager, I know I scrutinize URM hires very closely.  It is just very hard to ever get rid of a low performing URM - you basically have to wait for them to quit, moving them around to find something they can do.  Contrast that with someone 'unprotected' and if they do not perform you do the little HR dance for a few weeks and away they go.  Everyone is afraid of a lawsuit and the reputational risk of being dragged through the courts or media.  Or you know that a termination will come with a likely accusation of racial bias, which usually goes away with a little settlement money.

The sad thing is we have some wonderful URM hires - but [b]it only has to happen to you once for you to become very careful[/b].  [/quote]

At least you're admitting your racist bias, I guess. [/quote]

NP - what is PP racist? Hiring carefully is being racist? [/quote]

I've tried to avoid reading this thread, because so much of it is racist and offensive to me as an AA female who went to a top three law school (and yes I had a high GPA, was phi beta kappa in college, and had high LSAT scores). But I don't want the prior PP to have to shoulder the burden alone. So I will answer this rhetorical question. The RACIST and BIASED aspect of the post is the fact that a hiring manager admits that he scrutinizes URM hires very closely. Note that he does not say that he scrutinizes female hires, or Asian hires (assuming it's a field where they are not underrepresented), or disabled applicants, all of whom (plus whites) also could file a discrimination lawsuit under the federal civil rights laws to challenge a personnel decision. That is racist and biased because the PP is treating URMs differently than people in other groups, based on an assumption about the risks of hiring them.  It is judging all URM applicants based on an anecdoctal experience with someone in the past.  It is unfair and yet this thread and much of the other BS I read about race on DCUM suggests that it is pretty common.[/quote]

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