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2016 Postmortem

Mamajami

(257 posts) Thu Sep 29, 2016, 12:08 PM Sep 2016

Trump and Johnson are living proof of how the system is really, really rigged in favor of "privilege

and rigged against blacks, other minorities, and women..

For decades the talking point against Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity was

It's not about race or sex but about being the best QUALIFIED WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCE.

Well this election proves that isn't true and we know it never was true if you were in the workplace for the last 40 years.

Qualified blacks, other minorities and women were routinely passed over in favor of white men, less qualified, less experienced, and less educated.

It is a battle of the sexes more than anything this time around. All you have to do is consider the opposition.

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2016 Postmortem

Mamajami

Trump and Johnson are living proof of how the system is really, really rigged in favor of "privilege

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