But when their recommendations are so-so, when it's a judgment call, the subjects are significantly more likely to hire the white American than the African American.
This distraction represents the cost of what the economist Daron Acemoglu calls " so-so technologies." One of his favorite examples is the self-checkout counter in grocery stores.
Oh, it's hand, hand, head, head, up, pas de bourree, pas de bourree, big turn here, rond de jambe, so-so, so-so, slide, step, step, step, and jazz hands.