“Affirmative Action” did it for me.
I was never interested in excuses as to why people were f*&^ing me over...
There is systemic racism—against white people....
Affirmative action also here.
I got passed up by people who were way underqualified because they were members of the protected classes.
Finally said to hell with this and went to work with a friend of mine. 6 employees. No BS. We couldn’t afford it.
Here’s another university story. At the time (early 90s), Preston Manning’s Reform Party was gaining attention and support in Canada and in 1991 and 1993, he came to our locale to discuss with local residents and others about Reform and it’s ideas. A group of students, led by future MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi, came in and yelled and disrupted the proceedings and called Manning and his supporters bigots and racists and other related epithets.
This upset a good number of the ordinary, non student locals and I recall reading an interview with a couple who were there and they said that while they were more inclined to vote for the socialist NDP, they still just wanted to hear Manning speak and discuss his ideas and vision. And, needless to say, they too were upset with the students and their antics.