Aside from my other comment though, what you've described I think is basically human nature.
Nepotism has been a factor for centuries; perhaps shining a light on it as the Internet is trying to do, will help people understand what's going on in a larger way.
I've personally never seen racial discrimination* (in Australia, and have dodged around a lot of companies). That said, I've not been in a hiring position often, but sometimes.
If anything in Australia, the companies I've experienced have leaned towards 457 visa workers, which I suspect work out pretty cheaply for them (and are invariably Indian).
* Edit: With strong emphasis on the hiring process. I'm not saying racism isn't alive and well in Australia beyond that.
Hopefully something falls out of this akin to the military driving our technology. While the planet dies from an overdose of gluttony, but at least we get some cool technology.
Agreed on all points I think, the silence on -security has been a bit harrowing. Rightly or wrongly, it felt like the project was dead to me seeing the lack of response (and some perhaps hyperbolic posts not rebutted or even responded to).
I feel like all FreeBSD needs is some understanding about what a nice system it is (despite some warts). Security though, as a volunteer arrangement, that must be tough. It's like an arms race keeping up with the blackhats, and doing that for free can't be fun.
Nepotism has been a factor for centuries; perhaps shining a light on it as the Internet is trying to do, will help people understand what's going on in a larger way.
Some might say it's too late now though.