Feb 23, 2019
Australia likes to think of itself as a diverse, multicultural, egalitarian country. The reality is we are still far from achieving that.
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Australia likes to think of itself as a diverse, multicultural, egalitarian country. The reality is we are still far from achieving that.
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Name-blind hiring had no significant effect on visible minority candidates: report
New Post has been published on https://www.thepostmillennial.com/name-blind-hiring-no-significant-effect-visible-minority-candidates-report/
Name-blind hiring had no significant effect on visible minority candidates: report
The federal government says hiding the names of job applicants had no significant effect on whether those who identified as visible minorities were called in for an interview over a six-month period.
I really really really wish there were more YA Books of people of visible minorities.
I love YA Books, I have many of them (as you can see from my photos). It's just as someone of a visible minority (I'm a black Canadian female), it gets a little discouraging that out of all the books I have, I have maybe 5 books that feature main characters as people of colour. I guess that is why books such as: To All the boys I've loved before, Eleanor and Park and Lunar Chronicles Series are so dear to me.
I guess for once I'd love to find some YA fiction that features a black female or male or whoever and is the MAIN CHARACTER and is not placed in the "URBAN SECTION" of the bookstore or library.
Also I am aware that there is some great YA that does feature Black characters, my favourite being Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.
Inclusion means more than pandering for votes. It means more than treating voters and entire communities as single units lacking free will and independent thought. Inclusion means recognizing that diversity is a strength in this country.
It means doing the hard work of ensuring, over the long term, that all communities are included, so that they interact with and influence processes and policies that impact us all. We have many shared interests and values, regardless of a particular ethnic background. So, speak to us and include us in the political process. But let’s not waste this opportunity for inclusion by stereotyping ethnic communities.
We are much more than simply where we originally came from. We are Canadian.
Source: Maytree
The spread of social networks and web communities is making English exchange among non-native speakers the new norm. At the same time, such technology is changing perceptions about “standard” English.
“Very soon, businesses and individuals will increasingly move away from a deficit model of ESL speech to the realization that speaking English as a second language means that the individual comes with an asset. They must be familiar with another language and culture, and therefore be able to offer new perspectives and innovative insights to the workplace.”
Source: canadianimmigrant.ca
As noted in the Globe & Mail article, Philip Oreopoulos' study found those with non-English sounding names missed out on interview opportunities. When such barriers to getting an interview exist, and opportunities hard to come by, then one may settle for lower wages to make ends meet. It is often assumed that a non-English sounding name equates to an audible minority - someone with a non-Canadian accent and a visible minority, a double whammy.