Tech jobs: Minorities have degrees, but don't get hired
SAN FRANCISCO – Top universities turn out black and Hispanic computer science and computer engineering graduates at twice the rate that leading technology companies hire them, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
Technology companies blame the pool of job applicants for the severe shortage of blacks and Hispanics in Silicon Valley.
But these findings show that claim "does not hold water," said Darrick Hamilton, professor of economics and urban policy at The New School in New York.
"What do dominant groups say? 'We tried, we searched but there was nobody qualified.' If you look at the empirical evidence, that is just not the case," he said.
As technology becomes a major engine of economic growth in the U.S. economy, tech companies are under growing pressure to diversify their workforces, which are predominantly white, Asian and male. Leaving African Americans and Hispanics out of that growth increases the divide between haves and have-nots. And the technology industry risks losing touch with the diverse nation — and world — that forms its customer base.
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On average, just 2% of technology workers at seven Silicon Valley companies that have released staffing numbers are black; 3% are Hispanic.
But last year, 4.5% of all new recipients of bachelor's degrees in computer science or computer engineering from prestigious research universities were African American, and 6.5% were Hispanic, according to data from the Computing Research Association.
The USA TODAY analysis was based on the association's annual Taulbee Survey, which includes 179 U.S. and Canadian universities that offer doctorates in computer science and computer engineering.
"They're reporting 2% and 3%, and we're looking at graduation numbers (for African Americans and Hispanics) that are maybe twice that," said Stuart Zweben, professor of computer science and engineering at The Ohio State University in Columbus.
"Why are they not getting more of a share of at least the doctoral-granting institutions?" said Zweben, who co-authored the 2013 Taulbee Survey report.
Tech jobs: Minorities have degrees, but don't get hired
If You Have No Degree What's Stopping You From Going Back To School To Get One?
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nonblacks, breh.
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He isn't saying a degree will end all discrimination, he's just saying that black men with degrees statistically fare better in all areas than black men without them 
Which we should all be able to agree on, because it's a proven fact.
Black men with degrees still have to beat out others to get a job, but black men who don't have degrees have to beat out EVEN MORE people.
It's competition with a degree, but a lot more competition without one.
Being a black man with only a high school diploma in 2016 is gonna limit your options a whole lot.
Why would you even want to stop there. At least get an associates, but imo you should at least get your bachelors. The last thing we should be doing is trying to convince black men that a high school diploma is good enough.
Which we should all be able to agree on, because it's a proven fact.
Black men with degrees still have to beat out others to get a job, but black men who don't have degrees have to beat out EVEN MORE people.
It's competition with a degree, but a lot more competition without one.
Being a black man with only a high school diploma in 2016 is gonna limit your options a whole lot.
Why would you even want to stop there. At least get an associates, but imo you should at least get your bachelors. The last thing we should be doing is trying to convince black men that a high school diploma is good enough.
I have a degree c00n and I see get discrimination. Stop lying to nikkas on here incouraging them to get get loans and shyt unless you plan to hire them after school.He isn't saying a degree will end all discrimination, he's just saying that black men with degrees statistically fare better in all areas than black men without them
Which we should all be able to agree on
Black men with degrees still have to beat out others to get a job, but black men who don't have degrees have to beat our EVEN MORE people.
It's competition with a degree, but a lot more competition without one.
Being a black man with only a high school diploma in 2016 is gonna limit your options a whole lot.
Why would you even want to stop there. At least get an associates, but imo you should at least get your bachelors.
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These dudes are defeatist. They've convinced themselves that getting a degree won't matter because they've been rejected by so many jobs that they're pessimistic. They've convinced themselves that its a white mans world and its nothing they can do about it and any black man that thinks a degree will lead to more money and more opportunity has to be an Uncle Tom or isn't really black. They threw in the towel, crabs in a fukking bucket to say the least.He isn't saying a degree will end all discrimination, he's just saying that black men with degrees statistically fare better in all areas than black men without them
Which we should all be able to agree on
Black men with degrees still have to beat out others to get a job, but black men who don't have degrees have to beat our EVEN MORE people.
It's competition with a degree, but a lot more competition without one.
Being a black man with only a high school diploma in 2016 is gonna limit your options a whole lot.
Why would you even want to stop there. At least get an associates, but imo you should at least get your bachelors.
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I meant 70k a year
You think someone growing up on hip hop makes them not racist?
What world are you living in breh?
Come on, breh.
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I never ran across a person that loved hip hop and hated black people. Have you?You think someone growing up on hip hop makes them not racist?
What world are you living in breh?
According to the affordable housing crisis, $70k a year isn't much. I bet $20k is worse though.I meant 70k a year
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70k is a lot if you have a mate pulling their own weight.
Yes. Every black person has. Black people have been used for the entertainment of whites since slavery. Your messaging on education is correct but you seem to have a lack of understanding (experience?) of the black reality within the U.S.
Encourage breh
