I agree that an address shouldn’t be necessary for a job application aside from a possible way to contact if email or phone aren’t available. I’m just confused how an address can be used to be racist? This isn’t the 1960’s. There’s no more segregation and people can live wherever they afford.
This isn’t the 1960’s. There’s no more segregation and people can live wherever they afford.
Redlining is less of a thing, but there are still areas that are predominantly populated by different ethnic groups. Furthermore, the consequences of housing segregation are still felt today. It’s not like the people who were forced to live in “undesirable” neighborhoods in the 1960s got reshuffled around.
To say “there’s no more segregation” is naive.
And even furthermore, it opens the door for unfair judgements like “oh they live in a bad neighborhood”, which might not be first order racist, but are still undesirable. There’s no need for it. Only unfair things can come from the information.
I agree that an address shouldn’t be necessary for a job application aside from a possible way to contact if email or phone aren’t available. I’m just confused how an address can be used to be racist? This isn’t the 1960’s. There’s no more segregation and people can live wherever they afford.
Redlining is less of a thing, but there are still areas that are predominantly populated by different ethnic groups. Furthermore, the consequences of housing segregation are still felt today. It’s not like the people who were forced to live in “undesirable” neighborhoods in the 1960s got reshuffled around.
To say “there’s no more segregation” is naive.
And even furthermore, it opens the door for unfair judgements like “oh they live in a bad neighborhood”, which might not be first order racist, but are still undesirable. There’s no need for it. Only unfair things can come from the information.