I think it’s an HR problem. Looking at applicants, among whom are many acceptable people, yet hiring the losers is certainly a big part of the problem
Maybe employers ought to hire qualified people with a demonstrated work record
I agree. The people doing the hiring obviously cannot do the helpful thing and tell applicants: "With your hair color? Those tattoos? The piercings? And the way you mentioned your pronouns 5 times during the interview? No one in their right mind would ever hire you. Get out."
Anyone who says that would face a lawsuit, so no one says that. But it would help a lot of people to hear straight up that if you are way out on the fringe, society has no place for you. But the reality is that when a freak shows up, some hiring managers are afraid of getting into trouble so they almost preferentially hire the losers. Seems like a safer choice, right?