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Tarheel_Dem

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49. Now that the dust is settling, folks are beginning to ask some very good questions re: Snowden.

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:12 PM

Jun 2013

You're exactly right, his entree into the world of top secret intelligence agencies was no doubt aided by his skin color. Can you imagine a black 20 something, with nothing more than a GED being granted that kind of access, and in a position to make anywhere from $122k to $200k/yr no less?

It reminds me of that experiment that was performed years ago. Some investigative reporters sent a black customer, and a white customer into a clothing store, and the staff were so busy monitoring the black customer, meanwhile the white customer was stealing them blind. White male privelege is, and will always be a part of the American fabric, that's why they're arming themselves to the teeth, just in case.

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Snowden would have never gotten that job at Booz Allen if he wasn't a White Male [View all] Yavin4 Jun 2013 OP

An interesting allegation. atreides1 Jun 2013 #1

Yes I do Yavin4 Jun 2013 #6

Your reality no doubt? atreides1 Jun 2013 #33

Aha, a new way to bash Snowden! reformist2 Jun 2013 #2

There has to be a playbook somewhere Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #7

Not bashing him per se. Bashing Booz Allen. Yavin4 Jun 2013 #8

By all accounts, he was a computer whiz. But you stick to your script. reformist2 Jun 2013 #9

What proof is there of that? Where? Yavin4 Jun 2013 #13

Oh? 'By all accounts' means you can point us to somewhere Rex Jun 2013 #22

Oh, "by all accounts". HappyMe Jun 2013 #37

how whizzie can he be if he doesn't know what 'direct access' is? nt Whisp Jun 2013 #61

Yup. I immediately thought the same thing when I read about his history. woolldog Jun 2013 #51

Asians don't seem to have much trouble ..... oldhippie Jun 2013 #57

Asian high school dropouts? woolldog Jun 2013 #68

Yes, actually ...... oldhippie Jun 2013 #69

Very true! And he got secret clearance because he appears to be "all-American" JackN415 Jun 2013 #3

I wondered about that, I've never met anyone with just a GED Rex Jun 2013 #4

And Booz Allen would never had gotten that contract with Cleita Jun 2013 #5

I'm African American. I interviewed for an IT job with a govt. contractor, not Booz Allen. Yavin4 Jun 2013 #11

Did you have clearance? HipChick Jun 2013 #17

Job didn't require it. n/t Yavin4 Jun 2013 #19

There biz is 99.9% govt... HipChick Jun 2013 #29

It does sound suspicious. Cleita Jun 2013 #48

It's the CIA job first that's baffling. WTF? They don't take just anybody. DevonRex Jun 2013 #10

I am still stuck on that one...Security Guard-->IT and cleared by CIA HipChick Jun 2013 #18

We have a mole at CIA. That's the only way to interpret it. DevonRex Jun 2013 #25

Agree..n/t HipChick Jun 2013 #31

That seems reasonable. HappyMe Jun 2013 #41

Bingo. That is the real scandal imo. Rex Jun 2013 #26

Ayup. DevonRex Jun 2013 #30

It should worry the living crap out of every American imo. Rex Jun 2013 #32

I've been thinking... DevonRex Jun 2013 #54

I never have either Aerows Jun 2013 #50

At first I thought his CIA claims were bogus LeftInTX Jun 2013 #53

The reason he got that job sikofit3 Jun 2013 #12

There are no African Americans or Women in the military? Yavin4 Jun 2013 #15

Of course there are sikofit3 Jun 2013 #20

Did your African American femal friend have only a GED? Yavin4 Jun 2013 #23

Yavin..truth be told..you are not reaching.. HipChick Jun 2013 #34

No sikofit3 Jun 2013 #35

I've gotten offers from BAH HipChick Jun 2013 #16

"someone you know helps" It's easier to know someone when you share the same skin color. n/t Yavin4 Jun 2013 #21

What?? sikofit3 Jun 2013 #27

She is correct...a lot of the jobs have been from people they knew in the industry HipChick Jun 2013 #36

maybe your skill set is not currently required? galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #40

Yavin4 has some very in demand skill sets...but its a blessing HipChick Jun 2013 #43

I'm not upset. I got a much better offer from a private company. Yavin4 Jun 2013 #44

there are no good guys anymore. nt galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #46

There aint no good guys. There aint no bad guys. Yavin4 Jun 2013 #47

Bingo. Listen to the YouTube to learn more about why he was hired. SlimJimmy Jun 2013 #56

TS helped..I wonder if he was muslim HipChick Jun 2013 #14

Interesting observation CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #24

it's very rare that anyone gets an IT job without at least a 4 year degree, white male or not markiv Jun 2013 #28

a lot of the older IT guys do not have a 4yr degree HipChick Jun 2013 #38

Exactly sikofit3 Jun 2013 #42

nobody under 55 markiv Jun 2013 #45

I would have to disagree to an extent NavyDem Jun 2013 #71

I find it surprising too Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #39

i agree but there are exceptions, college education is not everything loli phabay Jun 2013 #52

A friend of mine wickerwoman Jun 2013 #55

Now that the dust is settling, folks are beginning to ask some very good questions re: Snowden. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #49

Maybe I am naive sikofit3 Jun 2013 #59

What does the POTUS have to do with white male privelege? That analogy is played out and wrong. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #62

What does skin color have to do with any of this? sikofit3 Jun 2013 #64

Snowden made himself "the topic" as soon as he sat down with that Chinese newspaper. He made a..... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #66

I am sorry sikofit3 Jun 2013 #67

He got the job because he's a Bushie. CIA? Dell? Then Booz? He fits the bill. Vulnerable. Hinckley. blm Jun 2013 #58

THIS!!!!!! sikofit3 Jun 2013 #60

Whhhoooossshhhh!!!! Not about the leaker nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #63

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sikofit3 Jun 2013 #65

Clearly your knowledge of females in the intelligence community is severely lacking... Earth_First Jun 2013 #70