I’m thinking that if I don’t answer it, then I’ll have a better chance. Since they won’t realize, “Hey, we’re hiring way too many cis-gendered white men. We need to hire more slovely workers to get our balance back,” then I’ll both have a better chance and make it easier on other qualified labor.

Thus I ask if this is wise. Should straight white men refuse to answer these surveys? It’s like saying, “Hey, discriminate against me!”

When I first graduated from college, I was having a hard time getting employment because I was a white male. This is not speculation – there were job postings that were right up my alley for my degree, but they were not accepting applications from healthy white males.

For s~~~s and giggles, I applied for one job with the federal government and identified as someone with a disability. They contacted me to write an aptitude test, which I wrote, and the test was challenging – I don’t believe I did very well on it. A couple of weeks later, they called me and offered me a job. No interview. No requirement to prove my disability.

It wasn’t the job I actually applied for, and it wasn’t something that interested me, so I turned the job offer down.

Just make sure they don’t know it’s your hand writing or from you if it’s work though.

I don’t think they will work too hard to negate your entry, whatever it is. They need the EEO points. You need a job. Win-win.

A note of caution: Always assume they can trace your questionnaire back to you. Therefore, always give the boy scout answers to all questions, except obvious no-brainers as above. There is no such thing as an anonymous questionnaire. Does it have a bar code in infrared ink? What is that blotch of rectangles in the bottom corner?

Edit: I was a hiring manager at times. I worked closely with them other times. I know whereof I speak.

Check something they can’t refute. I picked “Hispanic/Latino” which I can actually pull off with a straight face. After all, a guy whose great-grandparents are from Spain is by definition Hispanic/Latino. I don’t think they will work too hard to negate your entry, whatever it is. They need the EEO points. You need a job. Win-win. A note of caution: Always assume they can trace your questionnaire back to you. Therefore, always give the boy scout answers to all questions, except obvious no-brainers as above. There is no such thing as an anonymous questionnaire. Does it have a bar code in infrared ink? What is that blotch of rectangles in the bottom corner? Edit: I was a hiring manager at times. I worked closely with them other times. I know whereof I speak.

What I would love to see is a White South African ticking African American. That would put their world in a tail spin!

P.S. I am not a racist. I just concur with the opinion that affirmative action is wrong