If they were hired, then the company that hired them felt they were the best person for the job. It sounds like you just can't fathom that the best person for the job was a person of color or a woman and not you.

These whiny white guy threads give me a headache. Some of you truly live in an alternate reality. From now on it should be required that before you come on here and make one of these dumb@$$ arguments, you must first post your newhire class photo.