The social dominance affected by greater height is not an illusion - this has been observed and studied widely. Being part of a majority group (which whites are in the US) is also noted for similar effects. Just because we don't like these things doesn't mean we should deny their existence - that's how you get systemic discrimination in the first place.

Also, men, because they're physically larger, on average.

The important thing is that this all gets sussed out via whiteboard coding questions, where the candidate is put in a usually windowless box with some alpha coder, and told to solve math puzzles under time pressure, and are then judged based on "culture fit".

That reminds me. Does anyone know how to buy bike desks like the ones in The Zero Theorem?

I'd like to add them to our bull pen and interview setup, now that we're back in the office:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7my1G0TrwT8

(I've found that examples of what not to do are often the most useful.)

You might be interested in the biography of General Benjamin Davis, a great American hero.