Even with college degrees, blacks struggle to launch careers

[EndDomination]

I happen to go to a school that is composed of people making connections, so I would be pretty much set job wise once I graduate, but I see a lot of the Black kids who graduate from my school do so without connections, and with a garbage major, and end up in some kind of retail, or low-level corporate position.
Its sad, but networking has always and is continuing to be a major requirement. Unless you're an academic superstar in your major and plan on going for higher education or moving into a niche job, it will be tough out there, that's for anybody, if you're Black, it just got even more difficult.
The problem with moving out of the country to work is that no one wants to actually do that. You lose all your friends and family and are dropped into an unfamiliar environment all to make low six figures. That isn't something I would cosign. And I know how industry is booming in Nigeria and South Africa, as well as China. You can be come an overnight millionaire in China, but most people don't want to do that, me included.
And yes, we do need more Black women and men in STEM, a lot more. We need them filling up lecture halls and continuing to reign at the top of their class. That won't solve the problem, but it will help a little.

 

[DrX]

the biggest thing about having our businesses is we can hire each other....

 

[moniemane]

fukk DAT bullshyt get your trade school game up my step son graduate this year my father retires from the railroad after 42 years pension and all that .told my son f college my pops going to put him on with the railroad this summer plus the railroad will pay for his schooling.wastewater operators like my self steamfitters plumbers it technicians aerospace technicians enviromental techs ac techs yaw can go through that stress if you won't to....I was a wastewater operator apprentice in 2000 in Alabama never been laid off got married moved to Orlando fl and had a wastewater job waiting fukk the rat race for toilet paper degree
s and crushing debt me? No debt how you love that.

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

shyt like this is why i believe gang bangin is gonna make a big resurgence soon lol

 

[Danny Up]

TBH I wouldn't hire that guy in the picture either.

 

[Danny Up]

the biggest thing about having our businesses is we can hire each other....

This is stupid. You gonna have a company that employees 3 million people and pay them all over $50,000 dollars a year? What business is this?

 

[Data-Hawk]

I cant relate

My linkedin buzzing off the hook

It all comes down to networking and skills. The people with skills dont network. The people who network dont have the skills.

Not that I care, I plan on pursuing a phd in cyber security and AI

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

but forreal though, why are you nikkas so surprised it is so difficult for blacks in america to do shyt such as get a job . this article shouldnt surprise any of you guys. come on, you should go out in the real world EXPECTING it to be tough, not because it can be tough for everybody, but because you are black. didnt yall parents beat that concept into your heads? my parents sure as hell did. fact is, Cacs are gonna be on that bullshyt, they did it for over 300 years before the 60s, what makes yall think that afew laws changing is gonna change these mofukkas mentality.


I'm in college studying IT, specifically networking and security on a two year degree at the best technical college in the state. While i study my dikk off, i plan on racking up on certs, interning, and once i graduate working on my white voice and using my complexion for the protection for the collection to get a good entry level job. I've got no connections unfortunately , so i'm just gonna graduate, apply and pray.

 

[Danny Up]

but forreal though, why are you nikkas so surprised it is so difficult for blacks in america to do shyt such as get a job . this article shouldnt surprise any of you guys. come on, you should go out in the real world EXPECTING it to be tough, not because it can be tough for everybody, but because you are black. didnt yall parents beat that concept into your heads? my parents sure as hell did. fact is, Cacs are gonna be on that bullshyt, they did it for over 300 years before the 60s, what makes yall think that afew laws changing is gonna change these mofukkas mentality.


I'm in college studying IT, specifically networking and security on a two year degree at the best technical college in the state. While i study my dikk off, i plan on racking up on certs, interning, and once i graduate working on my white voice and using my complexion for the protection for the collection to get a good entry level job. I've got no connections unfortunately , so i'm just gonna graduate, apply and pray.

Your parents brainwashed you. Ain't nobody giving nobody shyt. You can work your ass off and still get passed over by a slacker of the same skin color. Favor ain't fair and deserve got nothing to do with it.

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Your parents brainwashed you. Ain't nobody giving nobody shyt. You can work your ass off and still get passed over by a slacker of the same skin color. Favor ain't fair and deserve got nothing to do with it

if the very very vast majority of a group of people are saying they are being mistreated, and there are studies and eyewitness accounts from both sides of this struggle to back it up, chances are its true bruh.

 

[Danny Up]

if the very very vast majority of a group of people are saying they are being mistreated, and there are studies and eyewitness accounts from both sides of this struggle to back it up, chances are its true bruh.

There's truth in everything though. You have black people in positions of legit power. How can this be if the goal is to keep a foot on your neck and keep you from advancing in life?

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

There's truth in everything though. You have black people in positions of legit power. How can this be if the goal is to keep a foot on your neck and keep you from advancing in life?

when did i say black people arent able to be in positions of legit power? please point that out in my post.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Those degrees aren't the greatest to be striving for in this market but I talk about this ALL the time with my homies.

“We are looking at a group of people who did everything right,” Schmitt said in an interview. “They graduated high school like they were told. They went to college and graduated. They entered the labor market. But they are more likely to be unemployed than their white counterparts.”

In many cases these graduates were the first in their family to attend college, so they bear heavy expectations and responsibilities, from carrying the banner of success for the family to providing financial help. That has made their search for work all the more urgent, and their failure a greater burden.

The gap between whites and blacks has been fueled by many factors. Black college graduates don’t have strong networks, and they often don’t have the experience to navigate the corporate world and reach the people who hire. More important, according to Schmitt, young African-Americans can face a measure of discrimination when they try to get their foot in the door, sometimes losing job opportunities to white applicants.

This is something of the realest shyt ever. I'm in a place in my career where I do see anyone with my skin color doing what I do. Then again, I went to school for something that I knew was going to pay off as in an MBA in healthcare management.

 

[Danny Up]

when did i say black people arent able to be in positions of legit power? please point that out in my post.

"Cacs are gonna be on that bullshyt, they did it for over 300 years before the 60s, what makes yall think that afew laws changing is gonna change these mofukkas mentality"

 

[Carlton Banks]

Get ya CDL and start driving trucks breh... there's more money and freedom in it. Unless you trying to settle down and have a life, but who needs that..