Katie, Keisha explain personal experience with name discrimination in the workplace

Laws now forbid overt forms of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity or age, but unconscious biases remain in hiring and other practices. A Harvard Study suggests job applicants with ethnic names may experience name discrimination, a form of racism. In fact, for those with a non-Eurocentric name, the chances of being called in for an interview decrease by 21%. "I think biases and hiring biases are a real thing, and it does need to be addressed," said Keisha Williams, the director of marketing and communications at the North Carolina Central University's School of Business, who has seen name discrimination firsthand.