&quot;The same résumés bearing monikers such as Emily Walsh and Greg Baker received 50 percent more callbacks for interviews than those with names such as Lakisha Washington and Jamal Jones.&quot;<p>I wonder if the fake resumes had the exact same schooling and experience.  I&#x27;ve been in a management position at multiple companies over the years and we didn&#x27;t even look at anyone&#x27;s name.  Companies just want someone that can do the job.<p>I&#x27;m not saying it doesn&#x27;t happen, but if it was as prevalent as this article is implying, I would think I would have seen it by now.<p>This study looks at stats only, but doesn&#x27;t do anything to tell us the underlying reasons.  For instance, culture.<p>Pretty much every Asian family that I know stresses education and success.  They will sacrifice everything to ensure the success of their kids.<p>My cousin was a teacher for inner-city kids, which were majorly African-American.  No matter what she taught them in the class room, it was mostly forgotten or ignored when they got home.  Many of the parents either didn&#x27;t finish elementary school themselves, or felt threatened that their children would learn something that they didn&#x27;t already know.  This just wasn&#x27;t one set of parents, the majority of the parents had attitudes similar to this.