] Resumes with white-sounding first names elicited 50
] percent more responses than ones with black-sounding
] names, according to a study by professors at the
] University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the
] Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

I have a "white" first name and a "black" last name. I wonder which was more important to my prospective employers? I'd like to point out that I had a MUCH easier time looking for work in snowy-white southeastern Connecticut than I did in Central Jersey. I wonder if my name had anything to do with it?

Study: It helps to have a 'white' name