Xequecal wrote:
Diamondeye wrote:
As for "White, smiling people", white has nothing to do with it. Just having smiling employees is a major boost to one's business. People care a lot more about how they are treated at an establishment than the skin color of who is dealing with them. As far as Rynar being funny, you're in no position to complain about anyone else being a smartass.
Most people care a lot more about how they're treated. Not everyone. The point is, even if only 1 in 100 customers care about the race of their customer service representative, that's 1 in 100 customers you lose by hiring a black guy. It is absolutely a disincentive against hiring black people.
I mean, this issue is much more obvious in some professions than others, (remember the Hooters controversy?) but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist in every profession. Having a black person as the "face" of your company puts you at a disadvantage, and no smart manager is ever going to hire a black guy over a white guy with similar credentials for such a job if they can get away with it.
It might be, but then you could also find people that wouldn't patronize your establishment because there were no black people working there, or even because there weren't only black people working there. The same could be said for hispanics. It is not a simple matter of "hiring white is an advantage, not hiring white is a disadvantage."
The numebrs are a lot less than 1 in every 100, too. Even people that are predjudiced generally take what's convenient and easy over racial animus.
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