You can't judge all by a minority. While I know of one African American female who worked with my fiancee that pulled this constantly (and made no secrets about her strategy), I also know of a 30 something white female who uses the "illness" card whenever she gets a chance since she's been diagnosed with depression. She makes no secret about this being her strategy. Then there are people who I know that work for the minimum amount of time to qualify for unemployment and purposefully get fired so they can collect without working. Certainly I would not judge all white male 20 somethings as a group based on these few people.
It sounds like you need to come up with a way to screen this type of behavior out as early as possible. Whether that's through some pointed (but not over the line) questions, more in depth reference checks, or some other tactic.
No matter how you slice it, it's a personality trait rather than some genetic/social trait based on race.
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