They need to incentivize it with higher pay.
African American men will suffer the most as automation destroys jobs once held by humans
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Most degrees are worthless.
Well if you get a worthless degree, that's on you. But degrees in general are not worthless.
ZoeGod
I’m from Brooklyn a place where stars are born.
The fourth industrial revolution is coming and black people need to get our collective shyt together because by 2050 black wealth in America is gonna be $0. At that point you will be a permanent underclass. We need more black men to get into stem degrees not worthless degrees like communications, liberal arts, psychology. We have to start now with the kids in elementary school. The problem is not many brothers are into STEM degrees. If we don’t do anything shyt will be a disaster by 2050.
It will have to take a massive culture shift in the way black parents think though. They have to push their kids into degrees that are demand. That’s how Indians, Asian, Arabs, African and Caribbean parents do. Hence why they come here and become so successful. Black parents can’t simply just think their child is in college that everything is all good. They have to put emphasis on degrees where their children will get a high paying job. Also we have to have more black owned charter schools. Jefferey Canada showed the way at his Harlem charter school that when black men lead in education the boys do very well. That means pulling black children from public schools and into black owned charter schools and create a pipeline into finance, buisnnes, technology, and health care. The time is now for solutions. Waiting for reparations is not gonna be it because it will take a very long time for that to come and or it may never happen. So it’s time for black people to retake their autonomy.
It will have to take a massive culture shift in the way black parents think though. They have to push their kids into degrees that are demand. That’s how Indians, Asian, Arabs, African and Caribbean parents do. Hence why they come here and become so successful. Black parents can’t simply just think their child is in college that everything is all good. They have to put emphasis on degrees where their children will get a high paying job. Also we have to have more black owned charter schools. Jefferey Canada showed the way at his Harlem charter school that when black men lead in education the boys do very well. That means pulling black children from public schools and into black owned charter schools and create a pipeline into finance, buisnnes, technology, and health care. The time is now for solutions. Waiting for reparations is not gonna be it because it will take a very long time for that to come and or it may never happen. So it’s time for black people to retake their autonomy.
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DrBanneker
Space is the Place
It is going to be crazy...a lot of articles don't mention that educated white collar jobs Blacks are underrepresented in will be wiped out more quickly by automation.
What's easier to automate? A robot janitor or food service person to replace a Black worker or automated data mining to replace the work junior lawyers or equity analysts once did?
Notice the jobs that are saving Black women supposedly are in health care and driven by demographics (Baby Boomer aging) and a lot of higher educated women could get caught too. Just wait until it is like the UK where they bring in educated doctors and health aids from the developing world on the cheap.
What's easier to automate? A robot janitor or food service person to replace a Black worker or automated data mining to replace the work junior lawyers or equity analysts once did?
Notice the jobs that are saving Black women supposedly are in health care and driven by demographics (Baby Boomer aging) and a lot of higher educated women could get caught too. Just wait until it is like the UK where they bring in educated doctors and health aids from the developing world on the cheap.
We had a black male president for almost ten years...
They did that in the 70's to black female nurses and I've heard of that happening, now--from sistas.
nobody is safeI'm educated
Reality
Make your own luck.
It's definitely already happening now. They shuttle in nurses from the Philiphines, pay them at a discount, collect the difference in wages as profit, etc. etc. You also literally have nurses doing these jobs off shore. The big insurance companies already do this and it's starting to make its way into healthcare as well.
We. Cannot. Afford. It.
And it don't cover our skin.
White High School Drop-Outs Are As Likely To Land Jobs As Black College Students
I hate how ya'll think we "just don't try hard enough."
Good grief.
We. Cannot. Afford. It.
And it don't cover our skin.
White High School Drop-Outs Are As Likely To Land Jobs As Black College Students
I hate how ya'll think we "just don't try hard enough."
Good grief.
Who said that???
A comment I see here often is "college degrees are worthless." This thread should highlight that they are not, so I was just pointing it out.
I never said [whoever "we" is] were not trying hard enough.
But since you pointed it out...I have 2 degrees, I paid my student loans off in 3 years ALL on my own. It can be done, so sorry I don't buy that everyone just can't afford it.
Also, based on the information provided in the link you posted, what do you think the answer is? Not going to school so you can be even further behind?
Not everyone can be a successful entrepreneur.
I just don't see the logic in automating a low skilled job that doesn't pay squat. If anything companies will look to automate as many high paying white collar jobs instead. That's why I job hop every few years to try and make as much money as possible. Because who knows how long these 6 figure salaries will last.
I'm sorry. I'm just frustrated as that narrative is subscribed by old to young black people.
This game isn't made for hard work.
And no, College is not a catch all and ultimately tends to be a waste of money.
I don't have all the answers, but, I see what's not working.
Understandable.
I know college isn't the answer for everyone, but it should be the answer for more people in the black community than it is right now. From my own personal experience, of the people I know, those who have earned a bachelor's degree are doing far better than those who did not go to college.
My mom worked hard at her job before she retired, she could have been making more money and gone higher up in the company, but it required a bachelor's degree. She showed me first hand that you can work your way up in a company, but hard work can only take you so far.
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