On: Tell HN: Employers are not desperate to hire developers

[houstonn]

34% of white Americans who applied to colleges or universities admit to lying about being a racial minority on their application

48% of people who lied claimed to be Native American

3/4 of people who faked being a racial minority on their applications were accepted by the colleges to which they lied

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/57...

[notpushkin → houstonn]

How does this work? Surely you can't be white, say you're black and not get caught. Is that data perhaps anonymized?

[jimbob45 → notpushkin]

How would they catch you? It's very possible to be of African descent and have white skin. Are they going to DNA test you?

[frontman1988 → jimbob45]

Does it also work if you say you identify as a female even though you are a male biologically?

[HideousKojima → frontman1988]

If it doesn't yet then give it 5 years tops.

[kube-system → frontman1988]

Gender identity is frequently visible. I don't think many people are going to fraudulently represent their gender identity for a misguided chance at a job.

[notpushkin → kube-system]

Well, I can imagine that people who aren't “proper” trans but are comfortable with, say, crossdressing start doing it in order to get benefits. Can't say I'm against that (more femboys IRL :^) and also this is on the queer-ish side so they probably still should get some preference if hiring process does take gender identity into account already.

[missedthecue → kube-system]

True but I can't imagine a company calling someone on it. Too explosive of a topic.