"Friend of a friend (call him Bob for short) got a job despite not being the best “qualified” candidate.
Down to the final two for a teaching job, there was Bob who was a solid, unremarkable candidate. Clearly good enough for the role but nothing special about him.as a candidate… and then there was Charlie. Charlie was an absolute rock star teacher. Won awards, young dynamic and driven, outstanding teaching demo, just the nicest guy who had glowing references.
Then they asked “any questions?” and he replied “could you tell me if you’d have a problem with a teacher dating a student?”
…yes. yes they would.
Bob got the job."
u/mkaibear
Sadly, it does matter, but it shouldn't. Just the usual double standard we're all used to.
I am curious as well. There's three white guys, two Mexicans, an Indian and four black guys and one black girl at my office. The blacks use the N-WORD in every third sentence.