[quote=outtamojo]Getting off topic a little but I’m curious how much of this “logic based” profiling that is so acceptable (I’ll assume you are dangerous because almost everyone that looks like you is dangerous)carrries over when it comes to hiring- or does it magically disappear when one reaches the office?[/quote]

I don’t think that’s off-topic at all.

I think it’s logical and reasonable to profile out on the street when you don’t know someone. You base your appraisal on what you see. I see a black and a white with identical clothes, body language, posture, facial expressions, hair style (wait, maybe not hair style), etc on the street. I’ll admit I’m more wary of the black guy. Unless maybe they’re both gangster-looking guys, in which case I’m significantly more wary of the black guy, figuring the white guy is probably more a wannabe whereas the black guy is probably the real deal. If the black guy is wearing a suit and the white guy looks mean, I’ll be more wary of the white guy. I could go on and on, but there are a thousand shades of gray, here. The point is, that I don’t know these guys. I’ve never met them or heard them speak. That’s the reason I’m profiling them. I’ve got my daughter with me, and I’ll make sure nothing happens to her whether it means “demeaning, demoralizing and insulting” someone or not. That just seems like common sense to me.

For a job interview or anytime you meet another person, you can (or should be able to) tell far more about them in the first 15 seconds than their skin color will ever tell you. Skin color should almost immediately disappear completely as an issue. Unless you’re a racist.