My daughter has a bachelor's and Master's degree from the University of Georgia in Social Work so my family has some experience in this field which includes the schooling and testing for licensure in this field. Discrimination is a very real problem in many professions, but I contend it is reverse discrimination against the top testing/qualified people in certain fields dependent on race (affirmative action)...social work is affected as well as the medical field.

There have been racial quotas to fill in acceptance to schools (as well as in the work force) which has often discriminated against people with a higher GPA or test scores from being accepted in certain areas of study. This even affects qualification for scholarships. There actually was a court case against a college that was won concerning the issue of school acceptance which went to the Supreme Court...

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/affirmative-action-supreme-court-cases.aspx

I think this affects even the hiring practices in many of these fields. We have gone away from merit based qualifications for schooling or hiring and have instead based everything on diversity hiring based on quotas ignoring qualifications. Even categorizing IQ levels has been changed to reflect the fact that everything is being dumbed down and the most qualified are no longer the people hired...

This is a very sad state of affairs for professions that have become tools of a social agenda. There is (or was) a reason that the testing was so hard and rigorous...a certain level of knowledge is required and there should be a natural flow to the concept that the cream of the crop will rise to the top...this is a very serious blow to the integrity of many of our professions in America today.