I work as a contractor in Pharma/Consumer goods AKA the FDA/DEA controlled territory. If i ignored people who differ from my caucasian/Irish ass i would bea very broke contractor.
I have a simple rule that’s worked out really well for me to avoid getting recruiters like that. If their name is foreign, I don’t answer. To be clear, this isn’t me “doing a racism”. If they are from a company I’ve worked with and know to be good I’ll still pick up. But generally if they have an Indian name, they are part of a resume farm and not paying any attention. I’ve also started seeing ones from Africa this year that caught me off guard. Tried to talk to a couple before I realized what was going on amd stopped answering any of them. What’s really great is when they use the exact same introduction message.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yeah I imagine so. That’s a very different scenario and it wouldn’t make sense to ignore a specific group. Getting cold calls from recruiters on LinkedIn is a very different scenario from that and I wouldn’t expect my situation to apply there at all.
orcrist@lemm.ee 2 days ago
What’s really funny is that you don’t know whether a name is foreign. If you’re actually interested in determining that, we could write you a quiz, and you can take it, and see how you score.
It’s a big country, well I assume it is, I didn’t actually ask where you live, but you probably live in a large enough country where you just have no idea what normal names are, in the communities where you don’t reside.
SirDerpy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You can claim it’s not racism a million times. But, that doesn’t change the truth of it.
I’m a natural US citizen of Indian heritage. I do the same thing as you: filter all recruiters with Indian names. It’s the only practical course of action.
The difference between us is I admit that it’s racism. I’m far less likely to fall down the slippery slope.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Racism implies an opinion of superiority based on race. We both filter based on race because of a systemic issue that overwhelming relies on Indian nationals, not a racial issue. I have no problem with indian recruiters from know good companies. If it were racism that wouldn’t be the case. Using the “slippery slope” as some sort of moral justification to it is just a logical fallacy. Do whatever makes you feel better about it though I guess.
SirDerpy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No. You moved the goal post such that your actions aren’t included. The rest of your post is based on this false premise, minimization, and projection.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I didn’t move any goal posts.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism
You are talking about prejudice. It’s not the same as racism even though SOME prejudice is based in racism. I have a prejudice based on anecdotal experiences that causes me to avoid Indian names for recruiting unless they are attached to a company I am familiar with and consider a good company.
That’s got nothing to do with any beliefs about their race and everything to do with believing that companies seeking to abuse me have a pattern of hiring Indians.
All that said, you mentioned you are Indian. If you feel this is racist still, then I’m sorry because I really don’t intend that. I truly have no ill will to you, or any others of your race, but whether that’s perceived or not may be a failing on my part somehow whether through poor wording or not being able to see your point of view enough to satisfy you. So i am sorry if this sounded racist. I won’t qualify or equivocate anything further since I’ve endeavored to explain myself to the best of my ability.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No, racism is judging someone purely from an aspect of their race. Like say, ignoring calls from people with Indian sounding names.