Love the comments here btw. I agree with everyone pushing for STEM education. It is the key. Those truly passionate about philosophy or women's studies can major in those fields as long as they're ok with the likely hood of unemployment. The problem comes when people honestly think those degrees will get them somewhere.
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Working at Starbucks, breh?
I think alot of black kids want to get into that tech field. black kids are not stupid especially the ones that know their shyt. I was going for web design and communications and technology... but i had to drop out I couldn't quite pay 6k a semester even with pell grants and taps... Its not the kids faults sometimes its the finances... colleges are very expensive and just imagine the tuition on those ivy leagues... why am I not surprised there's not alot of minorities in silicon valley. Don't you have to graduate from one of those crazy high tech schools in their perspective fields. MIT, CalTech. NYU. etc... etc...
It would be more fruitful, if you're going to do something, to bring people with those skills together to make something happens for themselves. When you take the initiative and the risk, you reap the rewards. It's time out for making deals at other people's tables. It's undignified.
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There is no expiration date on being able to think rigorously. The techniques you learn in school in STEM majors arent what is important. The mental acuity and discipline developed during the process is the real prize and that is why math, science and engineering graduates make so much out of school when compared to their less capable brethren. A STEM education says "I am capable of being trained in any intellectual pursuit."
It says "I have faced difficult problems and prevailed." As career fields become more abstract in nature, a STEM education shows a preparedness to cope with this new paradigm.
Thinking rigorously isn't unique to STEM majors. Stem majors make what their bosses set their salaries at... a man who self-employs has no ceiling.
So what is the alternative?
Not an alternative, rather a different allocation of skills. I don't care what Black people major in as long as they are savvy enough to create their own business out of it. A STEM major going to use their brainpower for Silicon Valley is doing themselves a disservice and to the Black community. Local economies and small business ownership is going to be the most effective ways to stave off advanced automation.
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You can do both and I never said that it was unique to STEM majors. I said it shows a baseline of capability to deal with abstraction. You can't memorize your way through a STEM major( of course someone will provide an anecdote showing otherwise but lets be real). .
STEM majors require one form of intelligence... true.
No you don't have to go to a top school. Start at a CC, where pell grants will pay for the tuition 100%. Then transfer to a university. If you transfer with good grades, the school will give you automatic scholarships to help you pay for some of the tuition.
I'm transferring from a community college to texas a&m for engineering and I just got an email saying I might get a $12,000 scholarship. My GPA isn't crazy high either, its 3.6.
Anyway when it comes to engineering, any ABET accredited school will land you good job prospects.
I'm not sure what you expect them to do. If someone has the skills to command $100k from silicon valley, what do you expect them to do otherwise?
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Uh, no. White supremacy has hurt black advancement.