I'm a white person who grew up with significant disadvantages, however if I were black...

[bluestate10]

96. You are right. I have witnessed racial and gender discrimination. The people that

discriminated justified their actions by saying that people of color and women had "advantages". The "advantages" only existed in their minds as a way to justify their actions. You are ALSO correct in saying that it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to get the problem corrected by working within the company or corporation, a person has to sue to get management's attention. Most people don't like suing, but I suggest that anyone that feels discriminated against do just that, sue, don't go to the EEOC unless you have an attorney that is a skilled lawyer in the field of discrimination. Once you have sued, you can force a company to open up records that it would not otherwise share with you. One of the most promising areas is emails. People who are biased show their bias in many ways, often sending derogatory emails to people that they think are of a like mind. Once those emails exist, they serve as exculpatory evidence that a good lawyer can use to open up a case.

Big companies took to hiring minorities and women for the head compliance positions and started calling themselves equal opportunity employers years ago, none of that is worth shit unless the CEO and top officers believe in equal opportunity to their core. A White man who believes deeply in treating everyone equally on the job and is willing to go to the carpet fighting for equal rights is more valuable in the CEO chair or head of Compliance than a minority or woman who sees a big six or seven figure salary, but isn't willing to not only rock the boat but capsize the damned thing if needed to insure equal employment opportunity. I have gotten to the point where seeing a minority or woman in a high office at a company or corporation means nothing to me if I can't walk the halls and sit in conference rooms at those businesses and see minorities and women yielding real power up and down the corporate ladder.