I’m not him but I read his comment as simply taking issue with the idea that it’s minorities in particular who don’t have time for that, rather than simply poor people. (The terms are not interchangeable, since there are many wealthy people who are members of a minority, and there are many poor white people)

Yes thank you. Sometimes you should just write out things explicitly ...

I think GP meant 'poor' as in poverty. It goes with your examples of economic hardship and not having the free time for leetcodes. My charitably interpreting 2c, anyway.

Oh ye. I didn't think you could interpret what I wrote as "poor [quality] candidates".

I think the GP likely meant "poor" in the sense of "destitute", not "poor-quality".

Financially poor