Wouldn't even say Good Ol Boy in the Tradional Sense. Its just a bunch of So Called Liberal Whites, and Asians looking out for their own.
The last Black engineering leader at Twitter quit and wrote an article about diversity at Twitter
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I'm not sure if the percentage of black and Latino students in the top STEM high schools is the best barometer in this instance. It might indicate a general lack of interest in STEM from black and Latino kids, an inability to meet the academic standards of those schools, or both. Not to mention the academic fields relevant to the companies being discussed are a very specific subset of STEM subjects (computer science/engineering).
The thing is when you account for the relatively low percentage of black and Latino computer science graduates, they're still underrepresented in these companies.
Even with those low percentages, the companies Miley worked for can't even hit half those percentages. IMO, it indicates that the number of black and Latinos "in the pipeline" isn't the only reason the companies look the way they do. And a lot of it has to do with hiring process he noted
Red Shield
Global Domination
Pretty much
black folk need to make their own, support their own, and put their own on.
Pretty much
black folk need to make their own, support their own, and put their own on.
Yea one of my homeboys line brothers mom and dad run an IT consulting company in I think Bmore and they hire a bunch of blacks. We gotta make our own lane and withdraw support from anyone who does not support us. Business has no color, but anyone who blatantly lets it be known they want no parts of Blacks then, cool they can do business with someone else. Of course we cannot ignore the hurdles purposefully placed in front of us to fail, but I`m more so speaking in general we have to do what we can.
Wink Beaufield
Superstar
These are the same ones who gentrify black neighborhoods then cry about the lack of "diversity" after the original black residents are priced out.
Whats stopping Black Middle and Upper Class from rebuilding our own communities?
While ethnic and gender data early in the pipeline is incomplete, we do know that in 2013, 4.5% of CS graduates from the top 25 schools were African-American, and 6.5% were Hispanic/Latino.
I saw that quote and I ignored it because I knew it was a lie. Here is the truth:
179 universities with PHD programs in computer science, computer engineering, or information were surveyed. Of all the graduates from these 179 schools that received bachelor degrees in CS, CE, or I total in 2013, 4.5% were black and 6.5% were Hispanic.
See Table B3, p. 27 http://archive2.cra.org/uploads/documents/resources/crndocs/2013-Taulbee-Survey.pdf
I saw that quote and I ignored it because I knew it was a lie. Here is the truth:
179 universities with PHD programs in computer science, computer engineering, or information were surveyed. Of all the graduates from these 179 schools that received bachelor degrees in CS, CE, or I total in 2013, 4.5% were black and 6.5% were Hispanic.
See Table B3, p. 27 http://archive2.cra.org/uploads/documents/resources/crndocs/2013-Taulbee-Survey.pdf
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good, when will blacks create their own tech company? the white man is doing what hes suppose to be doing, looking out for his own
welcome to capitalism in a racist society, why do blk ppl still expect fair treatment
do lions treat zebras fair or do they eat them?
welcome to capitalism in a racist society, why do blk ppl still expect fair treatment
do lions treat zebras fair or do they eat them?
they dont care, the whole goal of reaching the middle class is to escape the hood
thats why blacks in black neighborhoods need to be the builders
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but the linked survey is pretty much in line with what was said in the article. Are you saying his interpretation of those numbers are wrong or the numbers themselves are wrong?
Perhaps someone else will be kind enough to break it down for you. I don't have the patience.
Break down what? You basically said there's a dearth of blacks in the CS pipeline. I responded that the numbers indicate there's probably other factors besides the lack of blacks in CS (wasn't even really disagreeing with you because the two aren't mutually exclusive). You said the numbers are a lie and then posted a link to the survey which has the same exact numbers. So I basically asked what's your argument then? Where's the lie?
So what the hell needs to be broken down? The survey, which I did read, including the relevant table which has the same exact percentages? Your own post?
I was asking because I actually like reading reading your thoughts on topics like this. But my mistake for trying have a decent discussion with you on this. You can miss me with the smart ass responses
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Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
blackplanet needs to make a comeback or at least something like itPretty much
black folk need to make their own, support their own, and put their own on.
Box Cutta
Bumbling Sidekick
I hate that I have to ask this question...but was Blackplanet black owned?
Sadly, a lot of times, even entities marketed directly towards us, are white owned.
I think I read that that "black people meet" dating site was white owned...
I would love to use black-social networking. We could use our own video-site as well. Youtube is a cess-pool of racism.