Originally Posted by
baseball
but, I get a sense that people are getting a "leg up" on the competition if they are in a minority group or a perceived minority group.
How exactly do you think non-white, AKA minorities, are getting a leg up? It's an algorithm that pulls you out of the stack with no weight on anything else. The current UAL model is very sensitive to that.
People often don't discose the X-factor that may have got them hired. Ironically, (as evidenced by this thread) they want you to believe they deserved it. The race/gender card is lazy. Dig deeper and I'll bet you'll find an uncle in management or an internship under a now VP. Or, heaven forbid, a really well rounded resume ;-)