“Data is cold in a way that humans are not. And to really understand these statistics, and their impact on the real lives of real people, we need to find ways to listen to those people.”— John Green, youtube.comTagged: Society
“A large 2004 University of Chicago study submitted thousands of resumes to a huge variety of employers, and all the resumes were completely identical - except for the applicant's name. It could be Emily or Brendan or Lakisha or Jamal, and Lakisha and Jamal got 50% fewer callbacks than Emily and Bren…”— John Green, youtube.comTagged: Inequality, Societal Construction