Job seekers wary of revealing ethnicity when applying (online), called cheating, prejudicial, etc

Monster Diversity Survey Shows Job Seekers Split on Revealing Ethnicity
What This Divide Means to You

Nearly half of African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos and Asian Americans view their ethnicity as a disadvantage when applying for jobs online -- which means the other half do not.

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Forty-seven percent of all respondents do not highlight their ethnicity when applying for a job, and 56 percent are concerned they will be hired because of ethnicity rather than their abilities.

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Beyond the statistics, comments from surveyed job seekers confirm this assessment. "I look for jobs that I am qualified for," one respondent said. "My diversity should have nothing to do with who I am as an employee."

"I have never used my ethnicity to try to get a job," another added. "I did not think that you could do that."

"Diverse hiring is prejudicial and wrong," said a third. "Merit and abilities should be the deciding factors, not ethnicity."

Another job seeker likened disclosure of diversity to "cheating or something. If I am truly skilled in my area, that should be the important factor. My race should be an added bonus, not the main reason I'm being hired."

http://content.monster.com/articles/3471/17682/1/default.aspx?WT.mc_n=ibsid;orlpn;art01

I've always said, human.....