I once told a Black guy, who was selling advertising with me for the school paper:
“You know, sometimes I wish I was Black. Then when people tell me “no” on a sales call, or job interview, I would not have to blame it on my poor delivery, my bad attitude, my beer breath or the fact that someone else actually had a better product or a better resume!”
Honestly, the business folks I know bend over backwards when any young person, ESPECIALLY a minority, proves that they want to work.
Our President, and many of his supporters, often remind me of that co-worker, years ago.
“Race” only “cripples” those who insist on using race as a crutch.
That goes for Whites and Blacks and Hispanics and Asians.
“Honestly, the business folks I know bend over backwards when any young person, ESPECIALLY a minority, proves that they want to work.”
Not always. I worked for a Fortune 100 and they wanted to hire a black programmer. They interviewed several candidates and settled on the one incompetent liar who told them what they wanted to hear. They never checked his references or previous employers. They automatically assumed he was useless and were hoping he would bring gravitas to the department. Instead, he stole stuff and wreaked havoc on any system he touched. Those Yankee managers passed over good candidates to get a BS artist. Luckily, he lied and got a better job where he lasted a week. But we were off the hook. Did they hire another black programmer? No way. They assumed they were all gonna be like this one guy.