Do you take ethnicity into account when gauging someone's competence?

[Zevoos]

In another thread I was discussing about people's roots with Apricity member Colonel Frank Grimes and diverged into another debate.
He argues that he "finds it odd when people associate self-worth with their ethnicity because it doesn't tell me anything about their abilities" while I think it has a lot to do with it.

Let's say you're in the hospital and a Black doctor comes in, do you trust him being a good professional or would you prefer to be treated by a White doctor?

Or imagine someone in an online forum swears he is a successful and wealthy businessman with several degrees from a top university which he got thanks to a scholarship despite his parents being filthy rich too.
Obviously there is nobody like this wasting his time here and much less bragging about it but assuming there are, would you believe this person if he told you he's a Hispanic immigrant living in the USA? And what about if he says he is an Asian immigrant? And what about a WASP?

That doesn't mean belonging to X or Y ethnicity automatically means you're competent or you aren't or that certain ethnicities have to be discriminated, but I think that ethnicity and competence are very much related.

[Zevoos]

I think this should go to the Race and Society subforum.
My bad.

[Beowulf]

No, i don't care about those things.

[Laredo]

The fact I'm being assisted by a black doctor that means he already went through a lot and I'm pretty sure with double efforts to make It where he's at, probably more pressure and effort than any white doctor at the hospital. Specially In a society like the U.S where race matters.

So yes In the situation I would probably prefer being assisted by a black folk than any Anglo folk any time because I know he's already working double to prove his skills as a doctor and a black man or woman.

[ugochaves]

I don't care about European fullness, I stick to my identity - Russian. We are Slavs with a Finno-Ugric admixture, but I consider myself a full-blooded Slav. My appearance is 100%European . My culture is also the absence of Asians. It's funny to me when they troll me with my Finns. ) Moreover, I know first-class Tajik and Uzbek doctors, although in general I don't like them. There are very good doctors and teachers among the blacks. Negroes are sometimes much smarter than lazy Southern Europeans.

[Tsuin]

No

[Mortimer]

The fact I'm being assisted by a black doctor that means he already went through a lot and I'm pretty sure with double efforts to make It where he's at, probably more pressure and effort than any white doctor at the hospital. Specially In a society like the U.S where race matters.

So yes In the situation I would probably prefer being assisted by a black folk than any Anglo folk any time because I know he's already working double to prove his skills as a doctor and a black man or woman.

+1

[Zevoos]

No, i don't care about those things.

And when forced to choose?
Let's say you're a teacher and you have to prepare a group of kids for a contest where problem solving skills, teamwork and discipline are key abilities. You can coach a team of middle class African-American students or another of poor Chinese students from rural areas with semi-literate parents. Which group do you choose?
Language barriers are not a problem and you intent to win the contest.

[Mortimer]

And when forced to choose?
Let's say you're a teacher and you have to prepare a group of kids for a contest where problem solving skills, teamwork and discipline are key abilities. You can coach a team of middle class African-American students or another of poor Chinese students from rural areas with semi-literate parents. Which group do you choose?
Language barriers are not a problem and you intent to win the contest.

You base your statements on stereotypes

[Zevoos]

The fact I'm being assisted by a black doctor that means he already went through a lot and I'm pretty sure with double efforts to make It where he's at, probably more pressure and effort than any white doctor at the hospital. Specially In a society like the U.S where race matters.

So yes In the situation I would probably prefer being assisted by a black folk than any Anglo folk any time because I know he's already working double to prove his skills as a doctor and a black man or woman.

But Black doctors were admitted with lower grades thanks to racial quotas, then faculty had pressure to avoid them dropping out aka gave them inflated marks and hospitals are obliged to hire a diverse workforce.
Layer over layers of privileges which lead to questionable professionals.