Black Girls Code Turned Down $125,000 From Uber, Sees The Move As PR Stunt

[Shorty K]

I personally think ya'll really need to stop with the "company x but black" angle as it ostracizes a lot of minorities who could otherewise be an asset bu

No the fukk it doesn't. You really have no idea wtf you're talking about, as someone who's been a part of many hiring decisions, the other minorities are the main ones campaigning against hiring black people. Especially Indians, they literally will do every little passive thing they can to sabotage a non Indian/Cac candidate during an interview and in the review process will be the main ones citing what they don't like about a non-Indian/Cac candidate.

 

[An ashy lil fap hand]

Not black men. I'm not worried about white or Asian men. I'm concerned about black women and men.

That's my whole point. Black men are not flourishing in tech at all.

It's pointless to talk about a wage gap in the context of black people in America, because black people as a whole are not doing very well relative to other groups.

Sure if you're a white woman and you're complaining the median white man makes say $26/hr vs your $24/hr that's one thing, but to complain about black men making $13/hr vs your $12/hr just @ arguing about your small differences at that level.

Black men and women combined are only 1% at Google.

We're talking about black children/teens being able to have careers. And you think that's a bad thing? Black girls coding as part of a community outreach program seems stupid to you?

You're basically saying that since black people ain't shyt in the tech industry, we should all not be shyt together!

nikka, please.

 

[Costanza]

As someone who works in tech, I really don't understand Black Girls Code. I'm not going to say they aren't doing great things, but there is barely any black men in tech. African-Americans as a whole are literally only 1% at Google. It just seems so pointless to subdivide when blacks as a whole are so dramatically underrepresented. We need a strong community of black male and female professionals.

Unless of course they also train black boys, in which case ignore my comment.

man, as little as their are black men... their are even less black women...

like when i see posts like this i wonder if any of yall have little sisters.... as hard as this world has been for us, it will be even harder for them, sometimes you just need to remind yourself of that.

 

[Shorty K]

It's kinda depressing to see Black men in here talking about "they should have taken the money".

That's because black people aren't used to logical thinking and have a warped ego. If the money comes with caveats you shouldn't take it, but if someone is gonna throw 100k no strings attached this is your money take it and never hear from me again to your movement, if you're really about helping people out and furthering your cause and not just about making yourself feel good, you're gonna take the money. There's nothing smart about turning down no strings attached money at all. That's your ego and you thinking you're more important than actually taking 100k and doing something positive with it. is it more important that you feel good or you take 100k and give 100 kids thousand dollar laptops to help start their coding careers???

In my experience, most people in organizations like this are driven by ego so they feel like it's more important that they feel good than actually help people. Also, they're making sure their pockets are correct first before anything. That's why you'll see someone turn down 100k rather than just taking it and doing something good and helping people out with it.

 

[Matt504]

man, as little as their are black men... their are even less black women...

like when i see posts like this i wonder if any of yall have little sisters.... as hard as this world has been for us, it will be even harder for them, sometimes you just need to remind yourself of that.

given enough time, most of these dudes who talk like this often reveal exactly why programs like Black Girls Code NEED to exist. They see Black women as second class citizens and seek ways to position themselves to compete with and remind Black women why they should be second in line behind them.

 

[ORDER_66]

That's because black people aren't used to logical thinking and have a warped ego. If the money comes with caveats you shouldn't take it, but if someone is gonna throw 100k no strings attached this is your money take it and never hear from me again to your movement, if you're really about helping people out and furthering your cause and not just about making yourself feel good, you're gonna take the money. There's nothing smart about turning down no strings attached money at all. That's your ego and you thinking you're more important than actually taking 100k and doing something positive with it. is it more important that you feel good or you take 100k and give 100 kids thousand dollar laptops to help start their coding careers???

But what if they gave the money because of some way of shutting her up or buying her off?!

 

[Nobu]

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[Matt504]

That's because black people aren't used to logical thinking and have a warped ego. If the money comes with caveats you shouldn't take it, but if someone is gonna throw 100k no strings attached this is your money take it and never hear from me again to your movement, if you're really about helping people out and furthering your cause and not just about making yourself feel good, you're gonna take the money. There's nothing smart about turning down no strings attached money at all. That's your ego and you thinking you're more important than actually taking 100k and doing something positive with it. is it more important that you feel good or you take 100k and give 100 kids thousand dollar laptops to help start their coding careers???

It seems like you're doing your due diligence to prove that Black people aren't used to logical thinking. Uber wasn't giving money away with no strings attached, it was a part of a calculated move to improve their public image. To assume they would have had no expectations of Black Girls Code is at best, naive.

As a person above mentioned, all money ain't good money and Black people need to learn to not accept every check handed to us just because "we need it". Y'all would take money from Neo Nazi's if it was the right amount and "no strings attached"

 

[MJ Truth]

As someone who works in tech, I really don't understand Black Girls Code. I'm not going to say they aren't doing great things, but there is barely any black men in tech. African-Americans as a whole are literally only 1% at Google. It just seems so pointless to subdivide when blacks as a whole are so dramatically underrepresented. We need a strong community of black male and female professionals.

Unless of course they also train black boys, in which case ignore my comment.

Nothing wrong with Black women creating something for Black women. If you've got such an issue with it, or if other Black men do, maybe they should create something for themselves. This is the problem with the community anyway; people would rather complain about somebody not letting them in on something instead of just making that same thing for themselves.

 

[Shorty K]

It seems like you're doing your due diligence to prove that Black people aren't used to logical thinking. Uber wasn't giving money away with no strings attached it was a part of a calculated move to improve their public image. To assume they would have had no expectations of Black Girls Code is at best, naive.

As a person above mentioned, all money ain't good money and Black people need to learn to not accept every check handed to us just because "we need it". Y'all would take money from Neo Nazi's if it was the right amount and "no strings attached"

This is an emotional response. This is a response of someone who prioritizes how they feel over actually helping people out and furthering the culture. Once again, what's more important to you, that Uber's image doesn't benefit off of you, or taking that money and using it to provide a kid with a laptop and educating them on how to code?

Because to me it seems like in your mind it is more important that Uber's image does not improve because of you than actually helping someone out. Why do you care about Uber's image? This is about helping black girls become coders, not about the ego/emotional high some people get from helping people.

I'm the opposite in my thinking. It's much more important that I get funding to help kids out than whatever Uber gets from throwing me the money. I could honestly give a fukk less about image if I'm actually out here helping people and getting results....Because how I feel is not more important than actually helping people.

 

[Nobu]

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[horizon]

As someone who works in tech, I really don't understand Black Girls Code. I'm not going to say they aren't doing great things, but there is barely any black men in tech. African-Americans as a whole are literally only 1% at Google. It just seems so pointless to subdivide when blacks as a whole are so dramatically underrepresented. We need a strong community of black male and female professionals.

Unless of course they also train black boys, in which case ignore my comment.

yall need everything to cater to you

 

[Poitier]

I really don't get the hate. My sister works for Uber. From what I understand, in their DC offices they have plenty of Black people working there.

I don't really care what the fukk your sister told you. The diversity problems at the company are well publicized.

Is she supposed to turn down the job so you can feel better about blackness.

Yes, when a company is using your blackness to deflect from diversity issues in their company then you should not be used as a pawn.

Black people don't own nearly companies for educated and hardworking Black individuals to turn down life changing opportunities.

LOL

not only did Saint Boizma marry into money but she worked at Apple among other big name brands....she wasn't hurting for money to take a token position to be used as a pawn

 

[Nobu]

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[Blackout]

As someone who works in tech, I really don't understand Black Girls Code. I'm not going to say they aren't doing great things, but there is barely any black men in tech. African-Americans as a whole are literally only 1% at Google. It just seems so pointless to subdivide when blacks as a whole are so dramatically underrepresented. We need a strong community of black male and female professionals.

Unless of course they also train black boys, in which case ignore my comment.

What they made here isnt bad but your concern about the gender divide weakening our efforts to rise up is a valid one.