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Well call me cynical but blacks thinking blacks are discriminated against doesn't count for much in my book. Call me cynical but I know from talking to cops here that every time they arrest a black kid here they call racism, never mind the fact they're guilty as sin and being dealt with like everyone else, in much the same way I'd say a fair bit if the hand-wringing in the article 'I didn't get promoted because I'm black' could just be because someone else was better for the job, god forbid. Or someone else, as bruce said, was a golfing buddy or fellow lodge member and race had shit all to do with it, just plain old jobs for the boys. I'm sure some of it goes on but hell, I know a fair few people that sit on boards of some damn big companies and if they thought their managers were skewing promotions based on race rather than peformance they'd hit the damn roof. Maybe it's different in the US but colour me skeptical.