lovelatinas said:
Your referring to white boomers, not minorities. Minority boomers (Blacks, Asians and Hispanics) did not have all those going for them.
The white
first wave boomers, (born 1946-1952), saw to it that they, and there own, had enough time to fill the tenured spots in blue and white colour occupations. Then they put out the "
white quota filled" signs, to protect their positions from guys like them, who were younger, and just as good, if not better.
Imagine that a hurdles race is run, in the single lane, with starting positions determined by age, but the race covers several laps of the track. There aren't too many guys in the 'born before 1920' group, and they weren't necessarily the best; we lost many of the best in World War II, and retained all of the ones who were deemed unfit for combat, and the ones lucky enough to come home in one piece.
In the first lap, the hurdles weren't very high. A guy with a strong back or some skill with a pencil, or one dexterous at shuffling paper, had only to show up on time, to get and keep a relatively good job, that paid a good wage, relative to the cost of buying things. He knew a good thing when he saw it, so he stayed at the same job for his whole working career, and spent his money on kids.
After the first lap, many of the older guys started to drop out of the race, because they were winded, or couldn't keep up to a faster pace.
Once the first wave boomers took the lead midway through lap three, they started to raise the height of the hurdles they had already passed, but they also created a second lane, with lower hurdles, only for the use of those who were unlike them in appearance.
Not surprisingly, the gap between the first wave boomers and the ones trailing them in the high hurdle lane started to increase, but many of the guys trailing them in the high hurdle lane were able to keep pace with the low hurdle lane; they just lost ground to the group who changed the rules in mid race, for personal advantage. They made it look like they believed those who joined the competition in progress ought to have an equal chance to lead, but only
after the first wave had already completed their four laps, with themselves in the lead.
