To compound matters, the entire diversity movement has a negative impact among American students due to the fact that some identity groups are given preferential treatment in admissions. It’s gone as far that Asian Americans are discriminated against in STEM degrees.
We no longer live in a meritocracy. That compounds itself. Management in American business is filled with incompetent affirmative action hires. It’s highly prevalent in tech, where by nature the best IT workers usually don’t make good managers. Thus, women and minorities are thrown in management positions to keep quotas high. They really don’t know jack chit about what they manage.
DITTO. I lived it for 20+ years and know what you wrote is spot-on.