“Researchers at the American Psychological Association are now claiming that socioeconomic disparities should be the focus when seeking potential employees.”
example 1:
Question: Do you know how to pilot a Boeing 747?
Answer: No. I’ve never piloted any kind of airplane in my life.
Question: Are you an ethnic on welfare?
Answer: Yes.
Congratulations, you’re hired ... you start tomorrow on the LA to NYC run ...
example 2:
Question: How much brain surgery have you done?
Answer: None. I don’t even have a medical degree.
Question: Are you an ethnic on welfare?
Answer: Yes.
Congratulations, you’re hired ... there’s a guy with a brain tumor in the operating room right now waiting for a brain surgeon ... go take it out ...
Yup—reminds me of some brutal job interviews I used to have in the old days in my industry.
The senior exec would explain some ridiculously complex issue they had and then say “How would you deal with this?”
This was a trick to steal good ideas whether they made you an offer or not—you wanted to tell them enough to impress them but not enough so they could implement the plan without you.