The smartest guy I ever worked with was Black.  Really dark-skinned, so he must have been a target of all the white folks in our company, right?  He was a target, alright:  everybody wanted him on to work on their projects.  He's, of course, at the executive level now.  The accusation that hard-working people are fired or not-hired on the basis of their skin color is getting a little old.  Anyone in business will tell you that hiring decisions are based on who will do the best for the company.