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Why so Few Black People in Silicon Valley?
Metro ^ | July 24, 2013 | Christiana Cobb

Posted on 07/31/2013 11:39:36 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 07/31/2013 11:39:36 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Because they prefer the East Bay, particularly beautiful Oakland?


2 posted on 07/31/2013 11:43:40 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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Guess they’d better start shippin’ ‘em in, whether they want to go or not.


3 posted on 07/31/2013 11:45:38 AM PDT by albie (re)
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That would be “actin’ white” to be all learnin’ and sh*t.


4 posted on 07/31/2013 11:46:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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Because they can commute from more comfortable climes of the ‘hoods of Vallejo.


5 posted on 07/31/2013 11:46:39 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If you don't care about Antonio Santiago, sure as hell don't whine about Trayvon Martin.)
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What percentage of blacks are electrical or software engineers?
6 posted on 07/31/2013 11:46:48 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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Why?

Racism, obviously.


7 posted on 07/31/2013 11:46:57 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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And Richmond, They were pushed out from East Palo Alto by liberals.


8 posted on 07/31/2013 11:47:27 AM PDT by jennychase
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Lefties are racis’.


9 posted on 07/31/2013 11:47:27 AM PDT by Paladin2
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“Why so Few Black People in Silicon Valley?”

...because silicon is white? jk


10 posted on 07/31/2013 11:48:15 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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Part of it might be that tech jobs require math ability, and the average SAT math score is 536 for whites, 595 for Asians, and 428 for blacks.
11 posted on 07/31/2013 11:48:24 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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Education? I dunno, just guessing.


12 posted on 07/31/2013 11:48:41 AM PDT by servantboy777
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Africans believe in the value of an education. African-Americans, less so.


13 posted on 07/31/2013 11:49:11 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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Really not that hard to figure out.
14 posted on 07/31/2013 11:49:42 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Dole are sure losers. No more!)
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“How do you break the cycle? I don’t know.”
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Uh, how about not dropping out of high school at alarming rates? That’d be a good start.


15 posted on 07/31/2013 11:52:17 AM PDT by Bucky Larson
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I don’t know what “Metro” is — but it needs to get over its obsession with skin color.


16 posted on 07/31/2013 11:52:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Build it... and they'll come...


17 posted on 07/31/2013 11:53:49 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If you don't care about Antonio Santiago, sure as hell don't whine about Trayvon Martin.)
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Because silicon is racist! The Silicon Valley is a gated community, and I’ll bet it has “Stand Your Ground.”

Mark


18 posted on 07/31/2013 11:53:56 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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Ebonics++ is not a programming language?


19 posted on 07/31/2013 11:54:11 AM PDT by aquila48
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Because the education that is valued by Silicon Valley has been disparaged by the dominant form of American black culture since LBJ?


20 posted on 07/31/2013 11:55:05 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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