Jesse Jackson To Take On Silicon Valley's Lack of Diversity

[theworldismine13]

Oh of course the worker bees are college educated. The Gates and Zuckerbergs are by-in-large dropouts aka the people who run shyt

are you confused, what is this thread about if not the worker bees?

gates and zuxkerberg dropped out harvard, one of the top schools in the country

microsoft is headquartered in Seattle, silicon valley is in the bay are, gates doesnt run shyt in SV

facebook is just one of many companies in SV, they dont run shyt either and there is a whole nother side of silicon valley that develops hardware that is what made silicon valley silicon valley

if you want to understand what silicon valley is watch the doc i posted, there is no need to talk out your ass and no need to follow the hype and definitely no need to spread this ridiculous anti academic fabrication of silicon valley being founded by college dropouts, stop spreading anti academic notions in the black community

 

[Poitier]

They left Harvard because their businesses were exploding. Don't kid yourself breh, whatever you want to call billg and the zuck, one thing that neither of them is, is a "slacker"

You can be an academic slacker and still be productive.

The point is that Black STEM majors going into the SV feeder system and working for White fortune 500 owners doesn't do as much as it could, if those bright minds were creative/innovative/entrepreneurial enough to do their own thing.

are you confused, what is this thread about if not the worker bees?

I'm disputing the notion that Blacks being worker bees is some kind of ideal.

 

[Poitier]

microsoft is headquartered in Seattle, silicon valley is in the bay are, gates doesnt run shyt in SV

Gates owns a percentage of Apple, partnered with Facebook and Intel and his OS on all IBM machines is what made Microsoft.. you can't be that dense

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Lil nikka I know you aint this slow......Why isn't a barber shop a black business. What, it aint impressive enough for white folks?

I know an old man that just closed up his shop at the age of 70, But he was a millionaire at 50. The oldest black barbers in the city are in prime real estate locations and they own the buildings with values of 600k and greater....

Got a partner that own a barber and beauty shop...Matter of fact, I got 3 partners that own beauty shops...All are worth 7 figures.....I guess you rather go punch that clock and beg white folks for a day off the plantation as opposed to being the master of your own

Wow. Nice anecdote. 3 barbershops only worth their value because of real estate, not because of wealth created.

keep thinking I care about your massive outlier.

You're being facetious if you think any of should take that shyt seriously.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

It's well documented the racism, misogyny and homophobia in Silicon Valley

Which means...what?

 

[zerozero]

You can be an academic slacker and still be productive.

The point is that Black STEM majors going into the SV feeder system and working for White fortune 500 owners doesn't do as much as it could, if those bright minds were creative/innovative/entrepreneurial enough to do their own thing.

Breh. Even if you're outside the system you need to depend on technology and ideas and experts from inside the SV system to understand how to do what you want to do. When you want funding or experienced employees you'd want to go to people who are already in the field. Having a human connection with the actual industry is indispensable.

I see no contradiction between being hired at google and starting the next google. In fact people go in and out between these two phases of being at a large employer and being at a start-up

 

[Poitier]

Which means...what?

It means the lack of Blacks isn't just tied to lack of STEM majors.

Breh. Even if you're outside the system you need to depend on technology and ideas and experts from inside the SV system to understand how to do what you want to do. When you want funding or experienced employees you'd want to go to people who are already in the field. Having a human connection with the actual industry is indispensable.

I see no contradiction between being hired at google and starting the next google. In fact people go in and out between these two phases of being at a large employer and being at a start-up

I didn't say it was a contradiction but it isn't a "must."

 

[theworldismine13]

You can be an academic slacker and still be productive.

The point is that Black STEM majors going into the SV feeder system and working for White fortune 500 owners doesn't do as much as it could, if those bright minds were creative/innovative/entrepreneurial enough to do their own thing.

black STEM majors can do whatever the fuk they want, i wasnt suggesting that they do anything in particular, and im definitely not cosigning napoleon, i think people should follow their passion, we need to focus on making sure black people graduate from HS, what major people take or whether they go to college is a personal choice

what i am saying is that in SV there are no black people to discriminate against and the idea that some liberal notions about fighting racism, homophobia and misogyny or some AA or diversity intiative is gonna get more black people in SV is a lie

if you dont think blacks should be worker bees in SV then just say that, but you said that there werent any worker bees because of racism so presumably you want more worker bees in SV, you dont even make sense

I'm disputing the notion that Blacks being worker bees is some kind of ideal.

there are no black worker bees in SV, your wish has come true

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Maybe the lack of Black people and the racism are correlated


Why not build a Black Silicon Valley in DC or Atl... tons of Black IT professionals in those cities to create startups that could enrich our community

And spare me with the "you have to work for someone before you can create your own business"

Gates, Jobs, Wozniak, Allen, Page, Brin, Zuckerburg, Newmark, etc were all just creative nerds with an imagination that they could translate with their tech savvy

half of those people had a formal education or were associated with people who had formal educations.

Zuckerberg created a website. Any teen can do that if the idea is legit.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Exactly, and besides, everyone can't pursue STEM degrees. It will saturate the market for one(already is actually) and 2nd, most people just don't like science degrees.

More graduates with STEM degrees is not gonna help the black community

This is an excuse. Its not meant to be easy.

More blacks need to pursue the hard sciences. Period.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

@ yall insecure nikkas turning this into a pissin contest about being smarter cause yall take STEM degrees......

we damn sure have more opportunities.

 

[Poitier]

half of those people had a formal education or were associated with people who had formal educations.

Zuckerberg created a website. Any teen can do that if the idea is legit.

Which is my point

black STEM majors can do whatever the fuk they want, i wasnt suggesting that they do anything in particular, and im definitely not cosigning napoleon, i think people should follow their passion, we need to focus on making sure black people graduate from HS, what major people take or whether they go to college is a personal choice

what i am saying is that in SV there are no black people to discriminate against and the idea that some liberal notions about fighting racism, homophobia and misogyny or some AA or diversity intiative is gonna get more black people in SV is a lie

if you dont think blacks should be worker bees in SV then just say that, but you said that there werent any worker bees because of racism so presumably you want more worker bees in SV, you dont even make sense



there are no black worker bees in SV, your wish has come true

Good. Now let's create our own SV.

 

[theworldismine13]

This is an excuse. Its not meant to be easy.

More blacks need to pursue the hard sciences. Period.

breh, you have to walk before you can run, first lets start with more blacks need to graduate from high school, then go from there

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

The people who created the foundation for what would become Silicon Valley had a cynical view of school. You do not need to be academic to be innovative, entrepreneurial and tech savvy.

Spoken like someone who watches a lot of TED talks but lacks the actual nuance of what is being discussed.

Black people DONT EVEN HAVE THE TOOLS AS A DEMOGRAPHIC TO COMPETE, so fukk outta here talking all this metaphorical and spacey bullshyt.

Innovation comes from understanding hwo to manipulate what already exists.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

The people who created the foundation are mostly college dropouts and slackers

This is completely false.

And you're confusing "idea" people with the actual people who bring ideas to life.