I& #39;m literally fucking married to a black woman who works for a major bank and this asshole wouldn& #39;t notice her resume, which is outfitted with two Harvard degrees, if she fucking bedazzled it. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1308506883595153410">https://twitter.com/NBCNews/s...
The problem these people have is not that there is a limited talent pool. It& #39;s that they don& #39;t want to do any work to look for it. When they find it, they don& #39;t want to invest in developing it. And when it& #39;s developed they don& #39;t want to PAY for it.
When you& #39;re Black, unless you went to one of 3 or 4 schools, YOU have to find them, and convince them to "take a shot" on you. Once you get there, you pretty much have to mentor and train yourself. And when you pop your head up on the lateral market, you don& #39;t get poached.
The most insidious thing is "typecasting." So, if you& #39;re Black and good at something, white bosses thing "great, let& #39;s keep blackie doing that thing they& #39;re good at."

If you& #39;re white and good, white bosses think "Hmm, white man did THAT so good, we should get him to do THIS."
Sorry. I& #39;ll stop. It felt momentarily good to be angry at something *other than* the impending destruction of our democracy.
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