No racism? White con just as likely as blacks to get hired

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Friday June 17, 2005 · 9:55 AM PDT

2005/06/17 · 09:55

In depressing news:

Black job applicants without criminal records are equally likely to be hired as their white counterparts who have served time in prison, according to a recent Princeton University study.

Conducted in 2004, the study, "Discrimination in Low Wage Labor Markets," examined almost 1,500 employers in New York City for their hiring of white, Hispanic and black job applicants.

The authors of the study, Devah Pager and Bruce Western, who teach sociology at Princeton, sent 13 young men with matching, fictitious resumes and educational backgrounds to apply for entry-level jobs in the restaurant, manufacturing and financial services industries.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/17/news/economy/hiring_bias/index.htm Read More

God to step down - official (satire)

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Wednesday June 15, 2005 · 6:49 AM PDT

2005/06/15 · 06:49

In news which will drive our freeper compatriots mad:

After fifteen billion years in the job, God is finally stepping down, it was announced today.

Speaking from a tower above the Pearly Gates, St Peter told a stunned universe that God now felt he was too old to be the Supreme Being, and would be making way for a younger man. Read More

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