Why are there so few black tech entrepreneurs?

Post by goatinaboat » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 9:01 PM UTC

shakezula wrote: post #34

umvi wrote: post #16

Like mentioned in the article, only 13% of Americans are black[0]. Secondly, nearly 30% of that 13% are living in poverty[1]. So really you only have ~8% of Americans who are both black and not in poverty. From there it gets whittled down further for cultural reasons. You could similarly ask "where are there so few white rappers?" or "why are there so few male nurses?" and find cultural reasons and pressures involved…

> Secondly, nearly 30% of that 13% are living in poverty This is literally all the evidence one needs to see the problem here. Their poverty is the result of decades of discrimination. > "why are there so few white rappers" False assumption. White people have pretty good representation in the rap game now, unlike black people in board rooms.

Post by charlesu » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 9:14 PM UTC

mytailorisrich wrote: post #44

Ancapistani wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is a difference of language. It’s clear that Blacks are less likely to succeed in the US than Whites. One can phrase that as “Blacks are disadvantaged” or “Whites are advantaged”. Both are true statements, but one leads to positive actions and the other to negative. As a society, our goal should not be to eliminate the advantages of one group above another. We should be trying to provide more advantages…

We can't provide "advantages" to everyone. We can provide opportunities (maybe that's what you mean) by investing in education from an early age, including services related to education like nurseries and extended hours. Then, people take the opportunity, or their don't. Race should not be relevant. My problem with current climate is that it perpetuates race as something to notice and to treat specifically when we sh…

Post by charlesu » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 9:18 PM UTC

bsanr2 wrote: post #11

morceauxdebois wrote: post #8

Gee, why aren't a predominantly economically unfortunate demographic majorly present in an area requiring capital or higher education?

*economically sabotaged

Post by charlesu » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 9:21 PM UTC

mytailorisrich wrote: post #4

For whatever reasons, it seems to me that relatively few black people study for engineering and science degrees. At least that's my feeling in Europe. Then it's simply a trickle down effect, like for women in tech: Few choose this path so even fewer end up being tech entrepreneurs or at Google/Facebook, etc (since the article mentions the workforce of these companies). So, once again, education from primary/secondary…

Post by charlesu » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 9:23 PM UTC

goatinaboat wrote: post #51

shakezula wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Secondly, nearly 30% of that 13% are living in poverty This is literally all the evidence one needs to see the problem here. Their poverty is the result of decades of discrimination. > "why are there so few white rappers" False assumption. White people have pretty good representation in the rap game now, unlike black people in board rooms.

This is literally all the evidence one needs to see the problem here. Their poverty is the result of decades of discrimination. Not necessarily. For example the Joseph Rowntree Foundation defines poverty as bottom-third. By their method the proportion of those “living in poverty” is fixed, regardless of overall standards of living. To be poor in America is still to be much better off than most of the world.