I’m right there with you on that. Still looking for permanent work myself. Just had an interview today with a large, international company based in St. Paul, MN. Was advised at the end of the interview that if I am successful in getting hired, I need to be prepared to endure at least 3-4 more interviews over the course of 5-6 more weeks. Talk about stiff competition and a cumbersome hiring process! It’s a frustrating and demoralizing process at times, but this is the world we live in today.
Don’t worry, I am sure that by the third or fourth round of interviews they will have eliminated you from contention by virtue of not being a minority status candidate or they will have chosen to not hire for that position after all.
By any chance could you say you where part Cherokee? I know of a lawyer who used that to go from obscurity to Harvard and then to the US Senate. Of course she was a double minority as a Native American and a woman. As we know women only make up 51% of the population, so they are the minorities of course.