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

[luciddreamer]

Either stand for something or fall for anything.... all money's not good money.....

 

[yyy]

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

Lol! I really don't understand this mentality. In 2017 America, Black people are in no place to be turning down money. It simply makes no sense. First of all, Black people do not have enough money to make it by themselves.

Second of all, no one makes it on there own.
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Third of all, and most importantly. That 125,000$ would have directly contributed to Black girls coding better. So miss me with all of the abstract debates about Uber's intentions. We live in a capitalistic society where money talks. BlackGirlsCode has bills, BlackGirlsCode has expenses and let me tell you a little secret. No company will be willing to reduce their charges for BlackGirlsCode so why is BlackGIrlsCode turning down money?


Uber gives $1.2 million to Girls Who Code

Uber is giving a $1.2 million grant to Girls Who Code, a non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in tech, as part of a multi-year partnership. As part of the collaboration, Uber’s recently hired Chief Brand Officer Bozoma Saint John is joining the Girls Who Code board of directors to push for gender diversity in tech. “If I’m going to go for it, I’m going to go for it all,” Saint John told TechCrunch about diving into work at Uber.

When Uber released its first diversity report in March, the company pledged to donate $3 million over the next three years to organizations working on diversity in tech. This $1.2 million is the first investment Uber has made as part of that commitment. The money will help Girls Who Code teach 60,000 more girls technical skills. In the past five years, Girls Who Code has reached 40,000 girls through its after school clubs and summer programs.

“We’re trying to grow the program especially in places where kids have little access,” Girls Who Code Founder and CEO Reshma Saujani told me. As part of the collaboration, some Uber employees (of all genders) in technical roles will volunteer to set up coding workshops and mentorship programs at local Girls Who Code chapters throughout the U.S.

“I’ve said it quite a bit, but I believe in representation and that it matters,” she told me. “And there’s no better time than right now to talk about women in tech and women in these very specific ladders. We obviously want more leadership and want more women in tech, so we need to make sure the pipeline is strong.”

Assuming the same kind of grant was given to Black Girls Code, Black Girls Code was stupid for turning down the grant and the partnership that came with it. Thing like this are just one of the reasons why Black people can't get ahead in this country. We are so obsessed with how things look and having litmus test and being cheered on by the ideologues in our race, that we turn down opportunities to advance. Even in this thread, people call Bozoma Saint John a sell-out, when the first thing she did when she got the job was offer a Black Girl non-profit 125,000$. It goes to show just how warped the minds of some Black people are. Either you are 100% with them, or you are against them smh.

 

[An ashy lil fap hand]

I said I'd donate. I said we need more black men and women in the industry. I said we should all work on becoming 'the shyt' together.

Teaching black girls and boys to learn together does not mean we will all 'not be shyt together' as you suggest You're perpetuating this myth that black boys and girls can't get along.

They learn together in school all the time. You never did an extracurricular activity? You riding very hard against a tech oriented afterschool program. I'm not perpetuating a myth, I just think it's misplaced for you to start bringing up the wage gap and criticizing an organization centered around children. Especially when there is a program for the boys. This thread is about them standing on the charity's morals as far as funding. I don't know why this triggers misogyny and statistics in you.

 

[An ashy lil fap hand]

In 2017 America, Black people are in no place to be turning down money. It simply makes no sense. First of all, Black people do not have enough money to make it by themselves.

I think we need to be turning down MORE money. More free stuff in general. Taking free stuff is what got us into this problem in the first place. The whole world would be different had we not taken that free cruise all those years ago.

 

[Shoog Shatmi]

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

Do you think Uber discriminates against black candidates?

 

[Shorty K]

I think we need to be turning down MORE money. More free stuff in general. Taking free stuff is what got us into this problem in the first place. The whole world would be different had we not taken that free cruise all those years ago.

Is this nikka really being serious right now?

 

[Matt504]

I think we need to be turning down MORE money. More free stuff in general. Taking free stuff is what got us into this problem in the first place. The whole world would be different had we not taken that free cruise all those years ago.

You know things are bad when Black men openly say they don't care if they're being used as long as they get the money. This is why the state of hip hop is the way it is.

 

[Poitier]

Do you think Uber discriminates against black candidates?

I think every company in America does. My problem isn't with Uber being racist but with my supposed kinfolk being willing pawns.

 

[An ashy lil fap hand]

Is this nikka really being serious right now?

Yes I am. Feel free to tell me if I said something inaccurate.

 

[Shorty K]

You know things are bad when Black men openly say they don't care if they're being used as long as they get the money. This is why the state of hip hop is the way it is.

You stay ignoring my question.

What is more important to you.

That you don't feel like you're being used?

Or securing outside funding to actually help and uplift your people?

I seriously need for you to answer this question. Do you feel that strongly about not feeling like you're being used that you will turn down the opportunity to provide 140 underprivileged black girls with $1000 laptops? Your ego is really that important to you?

 

[yyy]

You know things are bad when Black men openly say they don't care if they're being used as long as they get the money. This is why the state of hip hop is the way it is.

What do you do?

 

[Shorty K]

Yes I am. Feel free to tell me if I said something inaccurate.

Okay, I work in the tech field.

If Uber offers me the funds to quit my job and tutor black girls on how to code and mentor them.

You're telling me I should turn down the funds necessary to help uplift a group of people because it is more important that I don't feel like Uber is using me for their own benefit than actually helping black girls learn to code?

Is that really what you're saying? If someone throws you 6 figures no strings attached to help uplift a group a people, whether or not you take the money depends on how you feel about the donor?

It's really more important that you feel good about the money than actually helping people? Is that really what you're getting at? Because I can't see it any other way.

 

[Matt504]

You stay ignoring my question.

What is more important to you.

That you don't feel like you're being used?

Or securing outside funding to actually help and uplift your people?

I seriously need for you to answer this question. Do you feel that strongly about not feeling like you're being used that you will turn down the opportunity to provide 140 underprivileged black girls with $1000 laptops? Your ego is really that important to you?

Your attempts to make this about feelings ignores that people have expectations when they spend money. Aligning yourself with problematic organizations in exchange for money is a long term recipe for disaster even if it means short term benefits like being able to buy Black kids computers.

You're arguing that this is about ego when in reality it's about ethics. Uber could have silently donated money to this group if they were genuinely interested in helping anyone who isn't Uber but they NEED people to know they're donating money to minorities, that's literally the only way they'll get their money's worth.

 

[Matt504]

What do you do?

I'm a software developer here in Houston.

 

[Dwolf]

Lol! I really don't understand this mentality. In 2017 America, Black people are in no place to be turning down money. It simply makes no sense. First of all, Black people do not have enough money to make it by themselves.

Second of all, no one makes it on there own.
New Survey Reveals 85% of All Jobs are Filled Via Networking

Third of all, and most importantly. That 125,000$ would have directly contributed to Black girls coding better. So miss me with all of the abstract debates about Uber's intentions. We live in a capitalistic society where money talks. BlackGirlsCode has bills, BlackGirlsCode has expenses and let me tell you a little secret. No company will be willing to reduce their charges for BlackGirlsCode so why is BlackGIrlsCode turning down money?


Uber gives $1.2 million to Girls Who Code



Assuming the same kind of grant was given to Black Girls Code, Black Girls Code was stupid for turning down the grant and the partnership that came with it. Thing like this are just one of the reasons why Black people can't get ahead in this country. We are so obsessed with how things look and having litmus test and being cheered on by the ideologues in our race, that we turn down opportunities to advance. Even in this thread, people call Bozoma Saint John a sell-out, when the first thing she did when she got the job was offer a Black Girl non-profit 125,000$. It goes to show just how warped the minds of some Black people are. Either you are 100% with them, or you are against them smh.

Update 8/28: Black Girls Code ended up raising over $145,000 from a bunch of people in the tech community over the weekend via PayPal.