The other part of the problem is that people want to work/live/play with people similar to themselves. If a white manager is looking at two similar resumes, one for Malcom X, and the other for John Hinckley, my .02 says Johnny boy gets the job...

"In a series of experiments with approximately 200 Midwestern students as our subjects, we found that they favor those who are similar to them on any of a wide range of categories of identity over those who are not like them"

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"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

So in your theory, Felons should have no problem getting jobs, right?