SeveroDrgnfli
Ain't nobody tryin to get indicted.
Not me. Sometimes I think I'm doing bad and then I read stats about black men my age I realize I'm doing exceptionally well.
Half of black Millennials make less than 15k a year.
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Even if you get an engineering degree or a degree in a major that is actually worth something, you are still going to have to network to get a job and that can be hard if you are an introvert or anti-social. You also have to have a gpa above 3.0, otherwise most companies do not want anything to do with you if you just flat out apply online and choose not to network. What I am saying is that nothing in life is guaranteed. Just because you have a degree that is worth a damn, doesn’t mean that you will automatically get a job. You may have to humble yourself and get a low-paying job if you are having trouble getting a high paying job or a job you really want.
El negrito de tejas
Fukk the govt I got my own Deficit
you are in the top 31% of black millennial men with a bachelor's degree. 
And here I thought I was underachieving...
fukk that I'm still trying to secure that generational wealth for me and mines
panopticon
Superstar
Tone...that's an intelligent, dedicated brother doing a whole lot of extremely valuable work for no real compensation. The first step to pulling us out of the economic horror show we're currently living in is dispelling all the myths and misinformation that folks have been fed over the years.
ESCAPADE
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Black women usually make more money in the relationship
Right, it doesn't, but the odds of you earning higher income and helping your community and children are much higher if you do get a degree.
Job hunting is demeaning for 90% of people. Some people have connections, but most don't. How many threads do we need to make about middle aged
men killing themselves and their families because they didn't get a call back after their 5th interview?Men have to hunt for the things we want. That's life. You're going to catch better prey(jobs) with better equipment(education).
Nobodys just going to walk up to you and hand you a $80k job.
That's another thing I wondered too. For people who do get degrees in stem, but have lower gpas, why would they get hired over someone with a higher gpa?
Is there any point in doing stem if you are barely passing ?
Why would anyone hire someone who barely passed over someone with a 3.0 and above ?
Is there any point in doing stem if you are barely passing ?
Why would anyone hire someone who barely passed over someone with a 3.0 and above ?
These stats don't apply to anyone on here..
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panopticon
Superstar
I wouldn't be so sure about that.As long as there are close to 50 million black people in this country, there will never be Universal Basic Income in America.
We've already got Social Security, which is a form of UBI - just limited to old folks. That got pushed through by FDR in the 30s when the ruling class in this country faced a real threat of revolution because of how dire the economic situation had gotten for working people - white and black alike.
At that same time, we got a federal minimum wage, legal recognition of labor unions, regulations on working conditions, etc.
There's literally millions of black households that benefited from these policies. So many old heads that worked the line at GM, or at Ford, or at defense contractors, or in warehouses, as truck drivers, etc. that earned decent wages and were able to support their families as a result.
It's going to be a long, hard slog to make the necessary changes. But the first step is making sure that people have the facts about where they are now. Only then is it possible to have the conversation about potential solutions.
After your first job, nobody's cares or even ask about your GPA.
Take the lowball job first because your GPA sucked, work there for 3 years, and bounce to a better paying job.
Even the people with high grades did that.
I want to make a time chart that shows how blacks Americans wealth position got to be where it is.
White people got a boost with the GI Bill back in the day and blacks were barred from it.
Why would CNAs die early?
panopticon
Superstar
There's a reason the focus is always on income...and not on wealth.who would have known coming from broke people means you're gonna be broke yourself.
The stats on black wealth are even more shocking (well, shocking if you weren't already aware).
Wealth and Asset Ownership
Download the detailed spreadsheet here:
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2014
The median black family has a net worth of $9,590.
Of that $9,590...$3,967 is tied up in vehicles they own.
As a point of comparison...the median white family has a net worth of $130,800.
A 13x gap at the median. And it only gets more extreme the further you move up the wealth distribution.
