but white males are not used to this type of job market :)

hence now being white male is what must be a problem (though you offer them $10 million to change color of the skin and gender and there will not be a single taker … too funny …)

It would be nice if people who are white males (and frankly everyone else) could include their demographic without someone complaining tha they had done so. That's one of the things I was hoping to gather with this post in the first place as I am doing research on this topic.

There is some truth to this. A friend of mine is a recruiting manager at one of the big tech companies here in the valley. They use a scoring system for candidates that ranges from (iirc) 1.0 (don't hire) to 5.0 (should hire).

If you're female, you earn a point. If you're a minority, you get another point. So, before considering all the other skills and qualifications, you already have a few points ahead of the typical white male applicant.