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Are academics more likely to answer emails from ‘Melissa’ or ‘Rahul’? The answer may not surprise you. (theconversation.com)

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I think there needs to be a solution to the racism shown by the research done here.

Note: I know that the article have "what we can do" section, but it does not propose any applicable solution.

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[–] themusicman 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We also found that, unlike similar US studies, there was no significant bias against female students. In fact, there was some evidence of positive bias, or preference, for female students.

And then, in the caption:

Our study found academics did not discriminate against potential candidates based on gender.

Some mild irony there

But in seriousness, really good to see this quantified, but sadly not a huge surprise

[–] RQG 1 points 1 month ago

They also do not descriminate against evidence based on reliability.