Posted on 03/05/2012 11:14:54 AM PST by blam
PROFESSOR: Self-Segregation Is What's Keeping African Americans Out Of Silicon Valley
Vivian Giang
March 5, 2012
And it's all because of self-segregation, says Maya Beasley, author of Opting Out: Losing The Potential Of American's Young Black Elite and an assistant professor of sociology and African-American studies at the University of Connecticut.
Beasley, who is bi-racial, noticed the trend as a graduate student at Stanford University in Palo Alto, the heart of Silicon Valley. Beasley told Joseph Walker at the Wall Street Journal's FINS that she witnessed a "fair amount of Asians and South Asians and a lot of white people, but there really weren't any African-Americans. You'd pick up the paper and find out about a new start-up but they were never founded by African-Americans."
Beasley says:
There's a danger in completely segregating yourself. When black students only interact with each other it really inhibits the information they're getting. White students are getting advice from their parents and summer jobs through their connections. If you're limiting the number of times you're spending with white people, you're also limiting the types of information you have available to you.
Black students need to learn to interact with white people and have some amount of comfort with them and I don't think that's asking a lot. I'll say freely that black students face lots and lots of racial antagonism on campus, but that's not the only thing they're going to encounter, and that's not the only type of white person they're going to encounter on or off campus.
Since there is already a lack of African-Americans in the tech sector, it makes others more weary to join. Instead, African-Americans are going into social work, education and government administration in large numbers,
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And by ordering me to tell you what I want to keep private you're what? Trying to save me from being a fabricator? Who gave you that job?
I don’t claim to be the spokesman for anyone.
Then why are you making the statement "Tech doesn’t give a damn about color." How do you know that? Have surveyed the innermost thoughts of every decision maker in every technology company? If not, you're the fabricator.
Furthermore, your last sentence doesn’t make sense.
It doesn't make sense to you. That fact alone is not proof that it doesn't make sense. It is proof of something, however.
Well, having studied both Engineering and computer science, I did notice that most of the African-American students encountered significantly more challenges than the white or Asian students.
This phenomena repeated itself again during MBA studies when subjects such as Econometrics, advanced statistics and managerial accounting were on the slate...
I understand that in Detroit, less than 20% of this demographic can actually complete the dumbed-down ghetto high schools. Disturbing information.
The culture of made-up names can’t help, either.
tech ping
You made the claim. I didn’t. The burden of proof is yours not mine. Try as you will to obfuscate the issue, a challenge to your statement is a challenge and nothing more.
Making the claim in a public forum and then relying on a claim of privacy about a public enterprise is senseless, and makes your claim questionable when it need not be.
A reading of publications and press releases concerning tech R&D, deployment and promotions will make it clear that color is not a factor in Tech. Ability is the driving factor in hiring and promotion in Tech.
No matter how you seek to spin it your last sentence is without understandable meaning.
You made the claim. I didn’t. The burden of proof is yours not mine. Try as you will to obfuscate the issue, a challenge to your statement is a challenge and nothing more.You need to get your medication adjusted. Do it for the people who care about you, if there are any.Making the claim in a public forum and then relying on a claim of privacy about a public enterprise is senseless, and makes your claim questionable when it need not be.
A reading of publications and press releases concerning tech R&D, deployment and promotions will make it clear that color is not a factor in Tech. Ability is the driving factor in hiring and promotion in Tech.
No matter how you seek to spin it your last sentence is without understandable meaning.
A poor example of dodging an uncomfortable question.
An interesting claim. Got any proof to back it up?
Your lack of substantive response.
We're covering old ground here. You've already demonstrated that you don't get what I'm saying.
Let me put it this way. I can get a magic marker, write E = mc² on the skin of a banana, and toss the banana to a blue-butted baboon. The baboon will peel the banana, toss the skin aside, and enjoy a snack. The famous equation written on that peel won't have any "substance" to the babboon... but that doesn't mean it is without substance.
This metaphor applies to you too, in a way. Except that the baboon probably doesn't have emotional problems and a deep-seated need to demonstrate its intelligence.
Are there no extremes you won’t go to do avoid answering a simple question?
I'm not avoiding giving you an answer to your question, I'm refusing to answer your question. I gave the reason for that refusal in my original comment. That's not good enough for you, for some reason.
And as for my "going to extremes," I simply sitting here typing on my keyboard. Any extremes involved are entirely within the confines of your head. But you already know that.
>> An average IQ of 85 explains this.
You’re not serious, are you?
That's harsh!
LOL!
>> such as Econometrics, advanced statistics and managerial accounting were on the slate...
Walter Williams, Herman Cain.
Going off on a sin/cos...
I get it, I understand the tendency to generalize the academic plight of Blacks, but if we’re serious about the numbers, there’s no intellectual deficit among Blacks the prevents the rise of the individual, without affirmative action.
Let’s forget about the arrogant bigots that parade the flag of contempt for “white man’s knowledge”. They’re assholes, and they don’t deserve to carry the banner of Ignorance & Stupidity for the young Black kids that are starting their lives anew. And not to forget the hopes of the parents that want nothing but a healthy and happy life for their child.
To think Obama cut off voucher initiatives that help the children primarily in Black communities. What a jackass.
This another topic that really bugs me.
cos/sin
Excellent theory busters.
>> Now that is a touchy outfit.
Not at all. ST is extending professional courtesy.
Easier majors than Electrical Engineering or math and the hard sciences, too.
you said it truth!
>>The culture of made-up names can’t help, either.
On that note, you must see this. South African comedian Trevor Noah on Leno. He has some pretty choice comments on the subject. The whole thing is quite funny overall.
http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/clip/1377327
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