Chris in Ottawa writes about people seeking professor jobs in academia after finishing their training:

"Further, when a person graduates with a Ph.D I certainly don't believe that a white male is at more of a disadvantage than a black female Muslim for example."

Wow.

Well, Chris, maybe not at every university, but sorry, at some universities you are ABSOLUTELY at a disadvantage as a white male applicant.

Do you think Deans and Department chairs enjoy getting all the looks of suspicion because their small biochemistry or physics department consists of six middle-age-and-older white guys?

The pressure to diversity for diversification's sake, it is palpable at some schools...