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Maybe more colored people can speak up to this.
I had to include my photo in resumes.
As a brown dude, I would walk into a interview (or during the pandemic, a video call) and get looks. I got asked racially insensitive questions.
You can say, "That's illegal!" Or "That's a red flag!" Yeah no shit. I'm not trying to waste my time at some racist shithole. But welcome to America! You can pretend like it doesn't exist all you want. It doesn't change reality.
It was happening so frequently.
Once I included my photo, the questions stopped. If they didn't want to hire me simply because of the color of my skin, fine by me.
That only sounds reasonable because you have other options. It wasn't that long ago that all white businesses refused to hire you.