Gillie da kid “college is overrated” all the rich people I know have no college degrees

[kt773]

Look at the wage difference between people with high school degrees vs college degrees.

That’s a lot of stress , hard as fukk to get a good ass job with a great insurance package without a degree or a proper trade ,I’m a teacher , that degree helps a lot , I hate when black people start looking down on education, especially when most of the new generation dumb as hell, my school has Saturday school now due to the fact that soooooo many black kids I serve are behind, dont have a shot at good jobs if you can’t read , lame ass gillie

 

[Piff Perkins]

So we’ve got multiple black men with large platforms pumping this brain rot to primary black male audiences. This the same shyt Budden, who supported his own child dropping out, says. It’s the same shyt various black hustle/scam/etc peddlers say. I’m not going to suggest only black influencers are doing this, considering there are a lot of white influencers on the same wave for various reasons. But it hurts us more.

You have three options as a black man. Graduate with a good degree, learn a valuable trade, or join the military. Until we get serious and acknowledge reality we’re gonna keep failing.

 

[gldnone913]

This dude's son just got his tv turned off, fukking around in the streets

Yeah man....rest in power to his youngin. Really bad take from Gillie....as usual

 

[Wild self]

This is why black folks gotta keep their kids away from entertainment. What other racial group has “entertainers” constantly saying this stuff about education.


Shyt is ridiculous.

Sad to say, America rewards EXTROVERTED BEHAVIOR with irrational judgement . We pride ourselves for "being outside" and chatting/doing random shyt for others all day. Those immigrants that come from elsewhere were already wealthy from their home countries and of course, CACs have generational leg-ups against black folk. Cant really compare it when thode factors are in play.

We even mock the introverts like J Cole or The 9 to 5 brehs that are mentally and academically disciplined. I agree that we need to get off the anti intellectual wave, but America indeed overcharges for college, even at public state university and community colleges.

 

[Diunx]

Whats funny about this movement is that a lot of the tech billys actually met their business partners/teams in college, so at the end of the day it did help them suceed even if they dropped out.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

No. So many millennials got fukked over this way it’s ridiculous. Literally came out of college to empty plates and a bunch of debt. A degree ain’t everything. Cats like Steve Jobs, Zuckerberg, Bill Gates etc etc have NO degree at all. Someone in this thread mentioned Zuckerberg going to college. The nikka didn’t finish. Going to college to network is decent because most of this shyt is about WHO u know and how ambitious u are anyway. Regardless.

Those cats went to Ivy league schools and got connected. Bezos has 2 degrees from princeton and he was from a regular family.

Gates and zuck dropped out of Harvard.

Stop the cap

 

[Sterling Archer]

Overrated doesn’t mean useless.

 

[Frangala]

The founder, David Portnoy, of the platform in which he hosts his podcast went to University of Michigan. Here is a few facts according to Pew Research and Bureau of Labor Statistics about educational attainment:

Asians have the highest percentage of college graduates in individuals over 25 years old (61.0%) followed by whites at 42%, Black at 28% and Hispanics at 21%. I am sure the high median household income we find in Asians is probably correlated to high educational attainment. We got certain groups out here trying to literally phase out and eradicate Black college enrollment via attacks on affirmative action yet you have some Black ppl spewing this nonsense.
If college educational attainment was not that important why are those groups going hard to paint Black ppl as undeserving of those spots at selective institutions.

Black activists out here are fighting day and night trying to get these high paying tech companies to diversify their human capital/talent pool through HBCU recruiting efforts so that we can see Black college graduates tech talent at high paying jobs and companies yet you have this type of rhetoric coming from Gillie.

A college graduate between 22-27 had a median annual income of $52,000 compared to its high school graduate counterpart's median annual income of $30,000 and the gap has widened over the past 30 years where in 1990 college grads of that same age range earned an annual wage of $48,000 compared to $35,000 for high school grads.

Going to college does not mean automatic economic success nor does only holding a high school diploma condemns you to automatic poverty. But on AGGREGATE/MACRO level and not just looking at Gillie's entertainer friends, college grads earn more than high school diploma holders. We can have a conversation about ppl who end in bullshyt majors and/or college debt. However this anti-education rant that is prevalent among Black entertainers ain't it.


Sources:

10 facts about today’s college graduates

College graduates generally out-earn those who have not attended college, yet many say they can’t afford to get a four-year degree – or that they just don’t want to.

www.pewresearch.org

Weekly earnings by education and gender U.S. 2024 | Statista

In the United States, women holding a bachelor's degree earned, on average, 1,352 U.S.

www.statista.com

 

[FTBS]

So we’ve got multiple black men with large platforms pumping this brain rot to primary black male audiences. This the same shyt Budden, who supported his own child dropping out, says. It’s the same shyt various black hustle/scam/etc peddlers say. I’m not going to suggest only black influencers are doing this, considering there are a lot of white influencers on the same wave for various reasons. But it hurts us more.

You have three options as a black man. Graduate with a good degree, learn a valuable trade, or join the military. Until we get serious and acknowledge reality we’re gonna keep failing.

Most people can only see things from their persepective. These guys made it without college so they don't see the value or necessity. Not unlike a parent that did go to college seeing it as the end all be all and rejecting all other options. Budden is passing wealth on to his kids (I am assuming. You never know with that nikka ). No college with money, a famous last name, and connections is different than no college without those things. Did any of Run's kids go to college? Not saying its right or should be the rule.

 

[BaileyPark31]

Report: College Education Or Training Will Be ‘The Only Pathway’ To Good Jobs

It's trendy to downtalk college. But skipping a college education will increasingly be a very costly mistake.

www.forbes.com

 

[BaileyPark31]

People forget some employers also see college as a lesson in discipline , not just a piece of paper.

 

[Silver Surfer]

If he influenced his son to go to college he would still be alive

 

[Piff Perkins]

Most people can only see things from their persepective. These guys made it without college so they don't see the value or necessity. Not unlike a parent that did go to college seeing it as the end all be all and rejecting all other options. Budden is passing wealth on to his kids (I am assuming. You never know with that nikka ). No college with money, a famous last name, and connections is different than no college without those things. Did any of Run's kids go to college? Not saying its right or should be the rule.

Budden will brag about being around rich people shyt, brag about the things he's seeing and then promote lifestyles and decisions that in no way square with success. Why are his rich white (and Asian) neighbors in NJ getting their kids into the best high schools and universities? For shyts and giggles? Because they have nothing better to do? Or is it because they understand the value of the degree and the doors it unlocks to sustain generational wealth.

 

[JT-Money]

I get what he's saying. But I wouldn't necessarily say college is overrated moreso overpriced. I bet most people on here are still paying back student loans for the foreseeable future.

https://research.com/universities-colleges/how-much-does-college-cost

 

[Deltron]

i went to a state school, got 2 degrees outta them....and the way I saw tuition rise my entire time was nuts. The quality of education didn't change drastically, so I always wondered wtf the rising costs were for


College is what you make of it in the end. One of my degrees was in marketing, but it was on the cusp of social media...so all the shyt i learned became kinda useless, since we were transitioning into social media and i had to learn all the current shyt on my own/on the job.