Reply #15: You're moving the goalposts.

[Xithras]

As I explained in another post, there are certainly racially motivated factors influencing our social circles, and those factors are generally true of all races. I don't think anyone can question that. What the OP was questioning was whether the hiring policies of the Big 4 are racist in and of themselves. Whether the HR departments of these companies are actively discriminating against minorities. I think the answer to that question is "no".

It's really a simple problem. What do you do if you have one job opening, and five completely equal and perfect candidates who want it? Roll a D10? Now what do you do if one of those candidates includes, with their perfect resume, a letter of personal reference from one of your top employees? Are you going to roll that random die and hope things work out, or are you going to favor the resume belonging to someone recommended by a valued company employee? Most HR managers, in that position, would choose the latter.

That, on a massive scale, is how these firms handle their hiring. They never question how that employee came to know the applicant, or the history of their relationship, or the racial policies of the place they met. They simply know that Employee X has recommended Applicant Y because they're friends.