employers tend to discriminate against applicants with ‘black’-sounding names. Now we can see why: it is because they are likely to perceive a black applicant as less intellectually qualified for the job, even with an identical CV to the successful candidate. This discrimination may occur at a subconscious level, but the consequences are very real. Remember that ‘black’-sounding applicants were 50 per cent less likely to be invited to an interview than whites with precisely the same CVs.
