What do you think was the major point or catalyst that made you drive for a different path?

Imagine being like him, an underrepresented minority and having it hang over your head that you got in under the guise of a diversity effort despite being qualified. That seems insulting to me.

Affirmative action hasn't worked and has only muddied the waters for many people. It also creates ridiculous assumptions about repression and privilege. That doesn't happen here, though I am guessing at times some make decisions similar. However, it is far more common to go the other way, where being foreign is a negative.