I totally believe this.
When I graduated college the first time in 1985 with a degree in Computer Programming & Systems Analysis, it was hard as hell to land a decent job.
Almost every large corporation I applied to and passed their programming test wasn't hiring anyone who wasn't black as most of them had some form of government contract which required them to meet minority hiring quotas.
The one that really p*ssed me off was Sears Roebuck, who I worked for, for four years while putting myself through college. Took their programming test over two days and scored a 96. Followed by three days of interviewing only to be told they couldn't hire me "at that time."
My manager at the Sears Parts & Distribution Center in Melrose Park, IL sponsored me for the test. When I wasn't hired for one of the 20 positions they had open, he responded I was the wrong color. I quit that day, right there on the spot.
Ended up working for Blue Cross/Shield a few weeks later and was there for two years until moving onto another (better paid) role towards in 87/88 as the economy was booming like crazy under President Reagan.
No one should EVER have to go through that B.S.
Those stories should be told. The rewriting of history now is to show everything bad about the US. This is a part of our history. The discrimination against us.
We should get that story out.