I have provided personal and anecdotal evidence, which I never claimed was more than anecdotal evidence. And the reddit link was describing something that happened to me personally in almost exactly the same way, so a first hand account by two separate people. Now you can accuse me of lying...I guess you do you.
Anecdotal evidence is sufficient for "this does happen".
Whereas the absolute claim that this 100% does not happen was "trust me bro"
The US legal system seems to agree that this happens:
White male employee wins $10M in race discrimination lawsuit
"To be clear, the candidate was eminently qualified, had made it through multiple rounds of interviews, and was the clear favorite among almost everyone who spoke with him. Further, it’s not like he lost out to someone else — they simply didn’t hire him, and the company started the hiring process all over again!"
Anecdotal evidence is sufficient for "this does happen".
Whereas the absolute claim that this 100% does not happen was "trust me bro"
The US legal system seems to agree that this happens:
White male employee wins $10M in race discrimination lawsuit
https://www.hrmorning.com/news/white-male-race-discriminatio...
Or how about this: "As a recruiter, do you have any experience of a 'no white men' policy?"
19% answered "yes, explicit policy", with another 20% saying "implicit guidance"
https://resources.workable.com/stories-and-insights/no-white...
"My boss said ‘we didn’t need another White guy.’ Say what?"
https://archive.is/NvPJD#selection-431.0-431.58
"To be clear, the candidate was eminently qualified, had made it through multiple rounds of interviews, and was the clear favorite among almost everyone who spoke with him. Further, it’s not like he lost out to someone else — they simply didn’t hire him, and the company started the hiring process all over again!"
This stuff is easy to find and verify.