Here is where the problem lies. I attended this event and saw that 95% of white veterans got offers to return for a summer internship while 75% of veterans who are minorities got rejected. How do I know? Well, because I connected with fifteen of them or the 75% that got rejected. The event had 40 summer internship positions available and 60 veterans were invited. About 40 were white and 20 were minorities; the majority black. Surprisingly, about 35 veterans or 95% got offers for summer internships and they were all white. On the other hand, 75% or 15 of the veterans who were minorities got rejected and keep in mind that only 20 veterans who were minorities got invited to the event. Many of the rejected veterans were smart and capable people and let’s not include myself to be fair. 99% of the interviewers were white so, in a way, it is not very surprising at all that white veterans were the main ones to get offers. The moral of the story is, if you are invited to the event and you are white then you have about a 95% chance of getting an offer. However, if you are a minority then you have about a 5%. I think it is important for veterans to know this because I could have used this information before attending the event in Charlotte, North Carolina.
