system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do college applications and job applications even ask for your race, ethnicity and gender? Wouldn't it be more fair to screen applicants without that knowledge?
gpt
For colleges there are scholarships and grants that are limited to specific races, ethnicities, and genders. 

For both jobs and colleges they need to know that information for legal purposes in case they get sued for discrimination in the future.