If he wants to help, he should start doing work shops
in lower income and middle class areas to attract black students.
I think he could (or someone with his backing...) genuinely find ways to
appeal to them by showing just what programming can be used for,
they could try a little workshop for the teens and high school
aged students showing them programs for their smart phones, enticing them with
success stories, showing them young entrepreneurs actually using programming
for something.
For younger children they could show them how programming relates to the
video games they play and enjoy, the special effects in the films they watch etc.
Show them what programming can do for them and the purpose it
serves and I think they'd win over or even establish interest for kids who'd
otherwise pursue something else.
This right here though is likely a play at media attention and serves to help no one,
it'll also draw out people with no real solutions who just want an excuse
to say shyt like this :
a little too late for this.
instead of learning real skills people were mislead into sports and entertainment. even that will be taken from them.
Truthhurts said:
NBA? NFL? Boxing? Let's increase diversity and see how exciting that'd be.
Truth is tech companies simply want individuals with the best skills, just like any other sector. If the individuals happen to be Asian, Indian, or White then they'll get the job. I don't want Google to start crashing and flashing naked pictures of people due to some incompetent engineer that got hired because they're Black or Latino.
JJ and the folks that think like him need to just shut up, die off, or educate themselves. In my opinion, they just seem like whiners and beggars--crying about how the world is so cold to them. IT'S A COLD WORLD FOR EVERYONE. I was in a good mood today, but you know how it goes.....idiots ruin everything.
KawaYumi said:
Hey, Sports is about inclusion too. Next time, please make sure we have equal Asians and Caucasians in NBA, Olympics track and field, and whatever sports that African-Americans tend to dominate.
Thomas said:
Jessie - why don't you try putting a "dad" in every black families home and see what happens? It's like watering a seed, you big dope! Why don't you lecture the latino husband and wife about getting an education before they decide to have five children.
this is quite pathetic, if this isnt proof of the intellectual dead end of liberalism i dont know what is
whats funny is silicon valley is extremely diverse, the notion that diversity is the key is just bullshyt
too few black people have the skills and education and the bottom line is that black people have an anti academic culture which prevents them from even entering the silicon valley pipeline, you can have all the diversity programs and AA programs you want, until you address black culture it aint gonna change
InconvenientTruthsYouHate said:
So the biggest professional racist in the country comes in to tell a very specialized industry that they shouldn't hire on credentials, but on color. Unbelievable, the illogical lows this man descends to. Hey Jessie, how about talking instead to your peeps about skipping gangs, working hard and getting a good STEM education, just like "all dem privileged whiteys" in Silicon Valley had to do to earn their jobs -- the ones they work in to pay off their college loans.
It's articles like these that inspire people to reach for the highest heights of jack assery.
