Black people aren't serious man. Robert F Smith fukkery.

[Jatigi]

Richest Black man in history is Ye. We see how y’all treat him.

 

[Gloxina]

The guy in the Op is misleading. Robert Smith held that zoom call for people who were interested in Private equity. That was also at the same time he was going to start recruiting at Morehouse for Vista. It maybe only 80 because maybe only 80 were interested in Private equity.

For example the Valedictorian Jarvis Mays ended up at UPenn medical school. Why would he be at a private equity event?

I don’t like where that guy in the op is going

Now this makes sense

 

[Gloxina]

That's the dumbest, self hating, hot take ever.

A quick Google search says that only 24% of thier graduates are business majors (96 people) so if 80 people show up on average then that sounds like a pretty good turn out. Considering people have real life schedule conflicts.

Why would an "art studies" major or "psychology" major even be those zoom meetings lol ?

Meanwhile this dumbass doesn't even know what the commencement speeh is called

That said a lot right there lol
Those Morehouse grads are far more eloquent than him, I’m sure

 

[Tair]

Dusty coli user: they are lazy!! I would have blah blah blah *clocks back into to their 9-5, $40k/yr, drone-like job*

Morehouse breh: goes to UPenn for medical school. Will likely surpass these dusty users in wealth before he retires while their funky asses still chirping on thecoli about what they would've done.

Y'all would not have done a damn thing if in their position. You don't do shyt now but pathologize Black folk. Running your dusty asses in threads giving your $0.02 like you got the world figured out. Same ones in here talking about what they "would have done" are the same ones not doing the very obvious thing now.

Talking about "I'd be front and center soaking up game!" Stop the cap! No you would not. If you would, you'd be doing the very obvious right now.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

They'd gladly pay $100-500 to meet up in a conference room at a local library and all they leave with is a dream and a grab bag. nikkas

 

[UpAndComing]

Stop making excuses breh. You really believe these kids didn't have 1 day a month for a conference call with the richest black man in the country?

Breh the cognitive dissonance in this thread is downright sad. So many deflections

 

[Piff Perkins]

I think the assumptions made about this are worse than anything else. The assumptions raised in the video are that most people didn't show up due to being lazy and ungrateful. They don't value the gift they received, because it's free. My issue with treating blackness like a pathological failure is that it leads to weird, racist assumptions you wouldn't make about other people. First off these are college graduates. That alone should tell us that most of these are not lazy. They've accomplished an important personal achievement. Some of them are likely the first person in their family to ever graduate college.

The first step most graduates take is finding a job. Some of them maybe even be going back to school for graduate degrees. To further drive home the point about most of these people not being lazy: these are graduates who are now working jobs, or taking classes, or doing intern gigs, or shadowing, etc. It's not an unreasonable assumption to suggest these people are working hard and may not have time for a Zoom call on a day they did not schedule or orchestrate with anyone. What if the Zoom call is at 1PM on a week day, when most people are working? What if it's on a Saturday morning, when some are working or studying. My point is, to automatically assume the worse about black people based on a (wack) video of some guy who doesn't know what a college commencement is called tells me more about what you think about black people than it tells me about who black people are.

 

[BaggerofTea]

I think the assumptions made about this are worse than anything else. The assumptions raised in the video are that most people didn't show up due to being lazy and ungrateful. They don't value the gift they received, because it's free. My issue with treating blackness like a pathological failure is that it leads to weird, racist assumptions you wouldn't make about other people. First off these are college graduates. That alone should tell us that most of these are not lazy. They've accomplished an important personal achievement. Some of them are likely the first person in their family to ever graduate college.

The first step most graduates take is finding a job. Some of them maybe even be going back to school for graduate degrees. To further drive home the point about most of these people not being lazy: these are graduates who are now working jobs, or taking classes, or doing intern gigs, or shadowing, etc. It's not an unreasonable assumption to suggest these people are working hard and may not have time for a Zoom call on a day they did not schedule or orchestrate with anyone. What if the Zoom call is at 1PM on a week day, when most people are working? What if it's on a Saturday morning, when some are working or studying. My point is, to automatically assume the worse about black people based on a (wack) video of some guy who doesn't know what a college commencement is called tells me more about what you think about black people than it tells me about who black people are.

Preach brother

 

[Justin Nitsuj]

At least he is managing to help a couple of black people out. What the fukk is y'all doing other than complaining?

 

[BaggerofTea]

This thread illustrates to me, when smoke can be handed out. Alot of you c00ns need to be exterminated.

Full fukking stop

 

[the elastic]

can zoom really host that many people at one time

 

[CoryMack]

If someone pays off the tuition for my entire graduating class, I’ll accept mentorship.

If someone is a billionaire, I’ll accept mentorship.

I’m not accepting mentorship and networking from anyone who reaches out. That’s how nikkas end up in MLM schemes like Herbalife and WakeupNow

No, nikkas end up in MLM schemes because that's who they choose to give their money to, for whatever reason. Like the people who gave to Umar and Jay Morrison. Mentorship doesn't mean joining some bullshyt fantasy scheme.

And you talk like you're doing the mentor a favor. You're just a nikka with a job trying to advance. Whether you accept mentorship from a billionaire who's paid off your graduating class doesn't make a bit of difference to the billionaire.

Just like you refusing mentorship from someone who hasn't paid anything and has a net worth of 50,000, but has a wealth of knowledge and experience in his field, both from mistakes he's made as well the right decisions, and may benefit you even more than the billionaire, don't make a bit of difference.

 

[CoryMack]

I don't know why my young Morehouse brothers may be unable or unwilling to make those zoom calls (There can be a myriad of valid and invalid reasons), but it is an opportunity that they are missing out on. Networking and connections are very beneficial, and having a connection like him can open a great many doors. So it is a shame that there are not more of them in the zoom meetings on a regular basis.

Still 40 - 80 is a pretty good amount, considering that is 10-20% of those who have benefitted from his benevolence and wisdom. A lot of times to make an actual difference, you need at least a 10% core of people to have a positive effect. So I still see many good things coming out of his efforts, since he is meeting and sometimes exceeding that requirement.

Basically what I said, that 10% is about in line with the people who would truly take what they've learned on those zoom calls and put it to use. And that's the case with most everything. You take 100 people and propose something that would benefit the whole group, you're only going to have about 10 people ready to actually roll up thier sleeves and do some actual, prolonged work. There's a reason Dubois spoke of and placed his hopes on the "Talented Tenth" and not the masses.

 

[BlackJesus]

Richest Black man in history is Ye. We see how y’all treat him.

Nah. That would be Robert F Smith. Actually Mansa Musa before that

 

[lord canon]

someone has to have that link to that zoom call