An investigation into the racial labour market gap by the National Centre for Social Research in Britain has given proof of a widespread discrimination against jobseekers with foreign names. The researchers created 3 different identities with a typical Asian, African and English name, but all with similar British education, qualifications and work experience. Afterwards they sent the application letters of these 3 false persons to 987 companies with selected vacancies. The result confirmed what the government already suspected: the Asian and African jobseekers received less by half positive reactions. The employment minister Jim Knight is still stunned by the size of the race bias and said companies are not taking advantage of real talent.
Sien Eylenbosch
