Is it really fair to assume that every black person who occupies a senior post is an incompetent affirmative action appointee?

This assumption makes life unbearable for black managers, especially those in government departments and parastatals.The fact that people in government departments now have to apply for every senior post (as opposed to in the past, when promotions were automatic)  does not seem to faze those who are bent on making this unfortunate assumption.

Of course, even if these black professionals do well in their jobs it is assumed that somebody esle must be doing their job. In other words they are just taking the credit for someone else's efforts!

It doesn't look like we'll ever win this battle!