A Distasteful Task
Today, I am filling out my EEO-1 form, which I always find a mildly distasteful task. For those who don't know, the EEO-1 is an annual report the government requires of all but very small corporations. It requires me to list numbers on how many of my workers are black females or Native American males or Asian or whatever. I have to ask all my managers to stare at the skin color of their employees and tell me what flavor everyone is so I can report it. The government is careful to tell us that it is bad form to actually ask people what race or ethnicity they are, so it is up to us to apply whatever racial stereotypes we carry to the task of identification. So much for a color-blind society.
