USA company wants to know my race, what to answer?
On my best knowledge, it is actually forbidden to ask this on a job interview, and they seem really ignoring the topic in talks. But, if the application process starts with a formular, it asks for my race all the time. That is my first surprise. I think they want to defend themselves against possible accusations of that they would discrimate, and they are allowed to ask this for this goal. That is exactly the opposite as things are in my region, here it would be be forbidden to ask for race. However, the formulation of this question clearly asks for "self-identification". I.e. what they ask for, is not my race, my visible genetical heritage (anyways, what they also could see on my photo, asking for that is unneeded). They ask for, how do I "self-identify". What means, they are actively encourage me to say what I want. In my interpretation, it is an open ask to lie what I want to tune their stats. And I would happily help them, in order to create their non-dicriminatory stats. What to do? Can I say that I am multi-ratial or "hispanic"? In the practice, I am a middle european white guy with only a little bit darker skin, like the rich USA bosses with North European heritage. People knowing the region, would know that it is a lie, but I think USA HR not always know this. But they know probably very well their local standards and keep these rules. What say these rules? Can I help them to show that they employed yet another multi-ratial guy? What if I say, that I need to keep my local laws which forbid asking this on a job interview? That will be yet another lie, but that would be an excuse to reject the answer. How look the rejected answers in these stats, is it worser as being white or not? Note, I am far away from the USA internal politics and that is not my war. I just want the job.
On my best knowledge, it is actually forbidden to ask this on a job interview, and they seem really ignoring the topic in talks. But, if the application process starts with a formular, it asks for my race all the time.
That is my first surprise. I think they want to defend themselves against possible accusations of that they would discrimate, and they are allowed to ask this for this goal. That is exactly the opposite as things are in my region, here it would be be forbidden to ask for race.
However, the formulation of this question clearly asks for "self-identification". I.e. what they ask for, is not my race, my visible genetical heritage (anyways, what they also could see on my photo, asking for that is unneeded).
They ask for, how do I "self-identify". What means, they are actively encourage me to say what I want.
In my interpretation, it is an open ask to lie what I want to tune their stats. And I would happily help them, in order to create their non-dicriminatory stats.
What to do?
Can I say that I am multi-ratial or "hispanic"? In the practice, I am a middle european white guy with only a little bit darker skin, like the rich USA bosses with North European heritage.
People knowing the region, would know that it is a lie, but I think USA HR not always know this. But they know probably very well their local standards and keep these rules.
What say these rules?
Can I help them to show that they employed yet another multi-ratial guy?
What if I say, that I need to keep my local laws which forbid asking this on a job interview? That will be yet another lie, but that would be an excuse to reject the answer. How look the rejected answers in these stats, is it worser as being white or not?
Note, I am far away from the USA internal politics and that is not my war. I just want the job.
