If we had come up with a number like 10 percent rather than 150 percent, it would have been far easier to maintain a belief that employers discriminate.
Too many people are racist and sexist still. 
mnli hypothesis: Too many people are racist and sexist still.  premise: If we had come up with a number like 10 percent rather than 150 percent, it would have been far easier to maintain a belief that employers discriminate.