re: #262 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
She gamed the system, basically.
The system deserved to be gamed. None of those positions are inherently dependent on race. A buddy at one of my installations was the chief of the HR staff shop charged with eliminating gender discrimination. At a seminar a lady asked how he, a black male, got that slot. His answer: “I submitted an SF-171 (CV) and was chosen on merit.”