If a company has a practice or policy of not hiring and/or promoting African Americans to higher-status, higher-paying positions within the company, then it doesn’t matter how many QUALIFIED black graduates submit their resumes. Hence, the reason why you have so many industries (e.g. Hollywood, advertising, Silicon Valley, Wall Street, our judicial system, fashion, the media, etc.) that have a gross overrepresentation of whites/”Jews” and a gross underrepresentation of African Americans employed (less than 2 percent in some of the industries listed). Always remember that majority of these institutions were created when African Americans did not have civil, political or social rights in this country….

Source: Patricia Cohen. “For Recent Black College Graduates, A Tougher Road to Employment.” New York Times. December 24, 2014. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/business/for-recent-black-college-graduates-a-tougher-road-to-employment.html?_r=0.