I said "no," but after reading the 8:54 pm post about diversity of perspective, I agree with those who voted yes. "Race" all by itself shouldn't be a factor; what we call "races" are just socio-geographic categories masquerading as evolutionary nomenclature. We love to categorize people based on the color of their skin and their geograhic location, and then assume there's some fundamental difference between us all. That being said, there are significant differences between every individual, more so within certain groups than between them. So diversity of experience and background should be the defining factor in job selection, not a racial label written down on a piece of paper. I hate having to mark down "white" in the SAT info sheets, as well as on questionaires. Because yes, that's the color of my skin, but it lets people come to so many conclusions about "who I am." I've just started leaving that stuff blank.