Posted on 09/29/2020 5:02:24 PM PDT by karpov
Wells Fargo’s CEO recently faced outrage for a memo noting “the unfortunate reality is that there is a very limited pool of black talent to recruit from.”
Rather than pseudo-righteous indignation, maybe it’s time to confront uncomfortable facts about both college preparedness and the way our society bases economic opportunity on college success.
According to critical race theory, our intellectual class’ obsession du jour, any hiring disparity reflects structural racism, and companies like Wells Fargo simply “aren’t trying hard enough” to find black candidates. In reality, there are wide racial gaps even before college. The average black SAT taker trails the overall average by more than 100 points, reflecting a pattern that shapes applicant pools in all college-dependent jobs.
No serious person can ignore these disparities. Improving college preparation is crucial.
But better college preparation isn’t the only solution. We must do more to create opportunity for those less inclined to play the college game.
College is good at filtering for one form of talent. A society that makes college the primary path to opportunity and status will favor one type of person. People with other strengths and learning styles will be left behind. Even those who can succeed at college often suppress greater talents to force themselves into this mold — a recipe for an unfulfilling life.
Rather than more diversity programs to identify “college-caliber” people whom elite colleges somehow missed, we need to bolster a range of career tracks that cultivate and reward a range of talents.
These career tracks need not cap out at a skilled-tradesman level (as attractive as such careers can be). Countless people who skipped college have built thriving businesses. Paul Graham, the founder of Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, has pointed out that college doesn’t just fail to teach key business skills
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Due to the Bell curve, not everyone is intellectually qualified to attend college.
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Facts are racist.
Silly, you have been extorted into hiring unskilled, uneducated people solely on the color of thier skin.
Why go to college when you can make $300 a hr dealing DOPE?
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