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I was laid off on august 28th from a defense company. If I had been a minority I would have already been employed. I've been told by now 6 hiring managers that minority hiring is what is being done...no ands ifs or buts. I'm trying not to be bitter about it...but when it comes down to getting hired, I'm at a distinct disadvantage, especially when most companies require now that you fill out the EEOC questionairs as part of your application process.

So as a test, on 5 jobs I have applied for, I didn't fill out the EEOC paperwork. I got calls back on all 5...3 of them to ask if I would fill out the paperwork...the other 2 called for a phone interview...then dropped all conversation after my race was discovered.

It's a hard place in jobland right now folks...and it's not getting better

This is what I am hearing from many people back in the USA. But it is going to come back and bite them (The White House/Washington/politicians) in the ASS real hard in 2010, let alone in 2012.

It is what is called BACKLASH. And it is building steadily and strongly each day. Soon, outside of proclaiming martial law, it will be unstoppable. Those people are really going to be amazed and speechless who brought this "payback" about. The middle aged, middle class, White American male backlash (a huge segment of the population) in this country is going to be of historic propotions.

And this is not racist to say this. Just a demographic and a political observation, entirely objective in nature.