"He Dropped One Letter In His Name While Applying For Jobs, And The Responses Rolled In"

"Although digital job applications would seem to be the ultimate exercise in colorblind hiring,numerous studies and applicants have found the opposite. Employers consciously or subconsciouslydiscriminate against names that sound black or Latino, as reported by the New York Times. One much-cited study found that applicants with white-sounding names received 50 percent more callbacks than applicants with black-sounding names, a significant disparity."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/02/jose-joe-job-discrimination_n_5753880.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000047&ir=Black+Voices

There really isn't "just work hard" or even "just work twice as hard", there is only "change the system" because progress means everyone (but especially people with race privilege) have to "work harder" to be socially responsible