First of all, "a large body of social science evidence on racial discrimination operates under a misguided assumption that all black names are alike, and the findings from correspondence audits are likely sensitive to name selection"
Note how the key misguided assumption is "all black names are alike". This ties back to the corrupted collective mentality in the PoMo Left, all minorities (because of intersectionality and oppression) must share similar characteristics. But it's not true.
https://www.sociologicalscience.com/download/vol-4/september/SocSci_v4_469to489.pdf
I agree with you, all black names are not alike. There are a wide variety of names that people of any ethnicity take. I think that we can agree however, that there are startlingly few white guys named DeShawn. The basic premise of the study (to figure out if names commonly associated with a particular ethnicity are treated differently by employers) is therefore still valid.
Secondly, the Names Signaling has just as much to do with social status than as race
https://www.bustle.com/p/a-new-study-on-name-discrimination-suggests-names-signaling-race-are-also-linked-to-social-status-2348497
Yes, I'm well aware of this and agree. As black people make up significantly more of the lower rungs of social status in America, this is certainly to be expected.
Finally, white sounding names "problem" is something ALL immigrants encounter, including asians, latinos, and eastern europeans. even Jews.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/01/immigrants-american-sounding-first-names/579367/
Woah, hold your horses here.
DeShawn is an American name, not an immigrant name. It has roots in America, not Europe, not Africa, not Asia. The name is significantly more popular in the African American community than anywhere else . . . but is arguably more American than a name like "Steven" or "Greg", both of which originated in Greece.
Having a name that are familiar to employers is a SIGN of assimilation and candidate's willingness to integrate into the society. Don't just scream racism at everything, it can often be explained within the non-racist framework. Are you going to go full anti-racist and claim that the "assimilation" is racist now?
As mentioned, a name like Deshawn is a traditional, American created name. It's just a name that was popular in the black rather than white community. Can you explain why you believe that black Americans with American names should change their names to one of a European origin in order to assimilate to what their white employers want?
right so round and round we go. Deshawn, in this case, is perceived negatively because of the
social status, not so much race. Deshawn apparently first became popular in the late 60s (which apparently was of Irish origin, lol what), much later than Steve or Greg of "greek" origin.
Literally EVERY ETHNIC GROUP went through the same name-related discrimination historically in the States. From the Italians, to the Irish, to the Germans, the Jews, East Asians, South Asians, East Europeans. All of these groups were shunned because of their low social status and the jobs they did were less than "prestigious" and "professional". But they worked through it. At the turn of the 19th century the Chinese were treated worse than Blacks in Cali. So the Chinese did the crappy and shady jobs to survive, yet at the same time they improved their cognitive abilities to surpass even the Whites in standardized exams. So when the openly discriminatory policies were finally removed post war, the Chinese population flourished.
But what do we see when it comes to Black exam scores? OMG the exams are RACIST, OMG the structure is RACIST, OMG why you impose your whiteness on us.
As a result the homegrown American Blacks NEVER completed the path, they are stuck in limbo, no KEPT in limbo.
Ever heard of Marva Collins? She taught her low-income black pupils the "white" (aka classical, greek, socratic) way, she essentially removed all of the bs PoMo bits in other black schools (aka you do you) but instead taught them YOU are responsible for your own life, not the govt, not the "white saviors", not racism, just YOU.
There is almost a formulaic path for each ethnic group to become fully integrated and overcome stigma and discrimination in the long run. Booker Washington saw it and wanted to fix it for the long haul, but no, it's much easier for militants like "Willie" (Kendi's word, not mine) Du Bois and race hustlers like Davis and Coates to call upon grievance and resentment for a quick fix in the form of
EQUITY, welfare and pity.
It. Does. Not. Work.
It. Has. Never. Worked. Anywhere. In. The. World.Blacks are equally capable like everyone else to thrive in the absence of government interventions, just look at all the recent Black immigrants (incidentally, these areas were
not tainted by bs "anti-racist" policies). It is the homegrown American Blacks that are lagging in almost EVERY regard, these anti-racist (more like extremely racist) policies championed by the identitarian left dont work. the longer you do it, the worse their condition will become.
The more you want to emphasize how "unique" you are, the more you want to show your "differences" with your
immutable characteristics, your unique history, your unique culture, the more you are pushing everyone else away.
Just compare their conditions today to when the SoJ movement first began in 2010. Things are worse for them today than 10 years ago. But you know who benefited from all this? The damn race hustlers, the damn CRT "scholars", the damn "journalists" who went through various PoMo "studies". Their employment positions have increased by almost 1000%.
There is a reason why "white left" aka left-leaning whites who went through PoMo studies in higher ed see racism as a bigger problem than how minorities view them (by almost a factor of 2). It's monetary. These damn race hustlers' livelihood DEPEND on racism being perceived a bigger problem than it actually is.