Assuming that your statistics about STEM graduates are true, what about this post which highlights that even in the non-tech sectors of these companies black people aren't being hired?
Is the tech industry ANTI-BLACK by nature?
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Assuming that your statistics about STEM graduates are true, what about this post which highlights that even in the non-tech sectors of these companies black people aren't being hired?
This is entirely untrue.DID YOU KNOW??? Elements of the Cell Phone was invented by a Black man
Jul 29, 2014
DID YOU KNOW??? Elements of the Cell Phone was invented by a Black man...
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Did you know that we have Henry Sampson to thank for the invention of the cell phone? He is the first African American to earn a Ph.D.in Nuclear Engineering in the United States. On July 6th, 1971, Henry T. Sampson invented the "gamma-electric cell", which pertains to Nuclear Reactor use.
Mobile Communications took a big step forward in 1983 with the invention of the Cellular System regulating the portable telephones, which use radio waves to transmit and receive audio signals. Before this time, mobile telephone service in the United States, consisting mainly of car phones, was extremely limited because metropolitan areas had only one antenna for these purposes.
He holds patents related to solid rocket motors and conversion of nuclear energy into electricity. He also pioneered a study of internal ballistics of solid rocket motors using high-speed photography.
He was also a producer of documentary films on early black filmmakers and films.
Get this dumbass shyt off the Coli.
My nikka Henry Sampson did a lot of impressive shyt, and the cell phone was not one of them.
Most of you guys are missing the point.
There aren't many Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics degree Black people in general.
Most kids who get into computers and the tech field start in their youth, generally through parents. How many Black people do you have parents that did during the 70s, 80s, and 90s? I know one, and her mother was a Doctor who also worked with NASA.
You get Black people to major in any of those fields, you'll see more of us.
It's literally that easy.
There aren't many Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics degree Black people in general.
Most kids who get into computers and the tech field start in their youth, generally through parents. How many Black people do you have parents that did during the 70s, 80s, and 90s? I know one, and her mother was a Doctor who also worked with NASA.
You get Black people to major in any of those fields, you'll see more of us.
It's literally that easy.
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
Again, are you in technology? You're in here talking about black people not being in technology and I want to know what's your background. I have 10 years of experience in Information Security and I've worked in senior roles at AT&T, Suntrust Bank, and Home Depot during my career, including being the Information Security Architect for one of the largest hospital chains in the country. I also own a consulting company where we do HIPAA assessments and technology refreshes for small clinics that are rolling out new EHR platforms.
Everytime a thread about black people in technology comes up, we get a bunch of people who have absolutely zero first hand knowledge acting like they're an expert on the subject.
So please tell me what is your background in technology. I'll be here waiting for your answer
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We are very underrepresented in several professional fields and in education overall, but especially in stem. I'd like to see statistics of all fields such as the corporate roles in music too.
I'm not sure if we are declining in any other field especially the field that grew the fastest.
Imo and studies I've read, it's education level, lack of role models and culture. US is like a third world country when it comes to the correlation between parents and kids. I recall from my labor economics class that in the best European countries the correlation is low and the worst countries it's high. And US was not among the European.
There's plenty of extensive studies from all angles, which excludes racism. And when you add the different forms of racism such as implicit racism and statistical discrimination etc. The problem becomes complex as fukk.
If we want to analyze racist businesses, we could look at studies that propose that black people receive worse medical treatment than white people ceteris paribus. Now that sounds like racism to me. If we had studies evaluating if we had higher unemployment among black people with the same education as white people in tech, that to me would be a causal relationship.
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Million dollar app sales are an everyday thing.
The only people who hear about apps valued under 30Ms are people on the tech world.
No conspiracy, just everyday life.
This.
Uncle Kendrick
I'm just bout that action
Why are you being so bias? Congratulations on your career acumen but that doesnt change the fact that black people arent into the tech field like you would want to believe.
Nigerianwonder
Superstar
His stem statistics are not true. Blacks make up about 6% of stem graduates. By contrast Hispanics make up about 7 - 8 % of stem grads but get hired at double rate of blacks in the same tech companies.
Even when you ignore the non tech roles at these tech companies they are not even close to the market availability for the technical roles.
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
Like I thought. Please stop running your mouth about shyt you don't know. You end up looking like an idiot
And FYI you still never answered the question about if you're in technology or not. I wonder why is that such a difficult question to answer
Action Mike
All praise..
This applies to ANY industry
This was back in 2001/2002. Basic software for design and html layouts./
Behind-the-wheel
Living dead
Absolutely yes.
Where I work there are about 5 of us compared to 35+ of them.
They don't hear anything that we come up with...have a good idea, may as well roll it up on some paper and smoke some weed in it.
Cause they ain't about to hear you for shyt!! You can have the cure for cancer and present it to em, they ignore it like it was nothin.
I learned after tryna help these fools get their shyt together twice that this place ain't about equality.
fukk em, I'll just do what they ask me to and collect a paycheck on the daily until they wake up and see how valuable I really am.
And if not, I take my knowledge with me when I bounce to the next spot.
The tech industry is as racist as any other.
America.
Where I work there are about 5 of us compared to 35+ of them.
They don't hear anything that we come up with...have a good idea, may as well roll it up on some paper and smoke some weed in it.
Cause they ain't about to hear you for shyt!! You can have the cure for cancer and present it to em, they ignore it like it was nothin.
I learned after tryna help these fools get their shyt together twice that this place ain't about equality.
fukk em, I'll just do what they ask me to and collect a paycheck on the daily until they wake up and see how valuable I really am.
And if not, I take my knowledge with me when I bounce to the next spot.
The tech industry is as racist as any other.
America.
Uncle Kendrick
I'm just bout that action
Like I thought. Please stop running your mouth about shyt you don't know. You end up looking like an idiot
And FYI you still never answered the question about if you're in technology or not. I wonder why is that such a difficult question to answer
No sir, I think you should be quite because clearly you're embrassing yourself. And for safety reasons I will not disclose my private info on a open channel that is unencrypted.