job interviews are emasculating for all men, especially when one of the rounds of interviews is with some fat witless HR hag. that is, if you're even lucky enough to pass the first round of "virtual interviews" IF your resume makes it through the company's overpriced corporate babysitting HR software with algorithms that scan for "metrics"
the entire job search process is demoralizing , bottom line. even for girls. my girl went through hell for 9 months doing countless interviews, webcam interviews, creating usernames and profiles on hundreds of company websites (upload your resume here! type whats on your resume line by line next!) only to get ghosted by people who think its the new normal to interview someone 2-3 times and never get back to them again... only to land a job through a hookup from a former co-worker at a new company
sorry to derail your thread...i didnt mean to minimize the bullshyt black men have to go through in the workforce. id imagine its 10x worse for a young or middle aged black man, if the whole process is demoralizing hell for everyone else.
thats the new normal though. in babylon you're grateful for the privledge of 4 jobs rolled into one , for wages that dont keep up with inflation nor the cost of living in 80% of american cities. "go into STEM" is what they said

too bad everyone listened...