. Let me suggest the obvious: people tend to hire people they like and with whom they are comfortable, Every group has an affinity for its own kind.

. That being said, keep pushing. We have become so short-range in our thinking that, if Ryan doesn’t produce, foreign investors (I no one else) will bounce him out.

. Ultimately, people of color and women will learn what Jews had to learn a century ago in America-own the business snd at least you won’t have to worry about prejudice against your own kind. This is even a stronger imperative for women.