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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My fed organization, DoD, federal procurement field, is largely African-American. The hiring managers are AA and they tend to hire other AAs. Many of them are in the same fraternities and sororities, hiring those from their same houses. It is sad, because we are not hiring based on merit. [/quote]

This is my issue, too.

I don't care with whom I work - as long as the people around me are smart, qualified, and know how to handle their job duties.

But I've been in on interviews where candidates were hired b/c of their minority status.  Their credentials were not as impressive, and many (not all) ended up leaving b/c they were not fully prepared to manage their day-to-day duties - blame education or lack of experience.

On the flip side, I've seen some qualified whites who were so arrogant that they failed at their jobs, too.

Just hire the right person for the right job. Why is this rocket science?

My boss, who's AA, told me there's power in being a minority!  can't disagree on some levels[/quote]

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