The average income of African American males between 20-59

[Gloxina]

My nephew worked for UPS loading the trucks, and quit after a week. Then he started working at Pepsi. The younger generation doesn’t understand the concept of working their way up.

And that’s a big part of the problem.

My ups guy has a condo in a NICE area living amongst lots of highly educated people. Same salary, just took a different route to get there.

 

[benjamin]

Bunch of Balrog hairline having fakkits

HELL NAH.

 

[Gloxina]

I believe it. Let me tell you about my nephew and my brother in law. My nephew is young 18 just finished high school, my brother in law just got out the pen l. Both of them ask me about how to get into being an electrician. I tell them about the trade school I went to and say I'll write both of them a recommendation letter since I'm a supervisor it will help then. I tell them you'll probably start at $17-19/hr but in 4 years when you become a fresh journeyman you'll be making $30/hr or more and you'll still get a raise every year. Both of them look into it and both of them decide to go work at a fukking warehouse making like $17/hr and are perfectly OK with just sticking it out until they find something else. Brother in law is a supervisor up there works his ass off to make $22/hr and brags about how he gets 80 hours a week 40 of them being OT, and he showed me his paycheck stub and he was looking like when he saw his 80 hour check isn't even what my 40 hour check is. Not to mention I promise they do more actual work than I do.

At the end of the day even if you present the avenue to someone, it ain't gonna make them go get it. Too many young black men are cool with these jobs that pay those meager salaries.

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

I already said it before, if more of our young men just worked for ups, FedEx, or got into trucking those salary averages would shoot up in less than 1 generation. Young dudes with ups were making great money YEARS AGO. Before the fight for these recent salary increases.

I see the play hispanics did in construction. The men come over heresnd sacrifice and take the shyt jobs for low pay, meanwhile they refused to learn English. Why? Because they made their women learn English and since the men didn't know English the company had to hire a staff of bilingual workers in the office to service the field hands who do they hire, the workers wives, sisters, aunts, etc. Boom now they women are on making bread too and they women can look out for them since they in the office and let them know what's going down on the inside. Abuelo/abuela stay at home with the kids, and when the kids get old enough dad done taught their sons everything they need to know about whatever trade they work in by the time they are 18. Start in the trade fresh out of high school and since pops done taught them everything already they move up fast and boom you got your next generation of bilingual field supervisors right there, or they start their own companies after a while. They start making so much money as a family they retire they pops early for making that first sacrifice and putting up with the bullshyt.

Black people should have been took over trucking/shipping in this country... honestly there is still an avenue in construction as well since the demand is so high and immigration isn't keeping up, but someone is gonna have to bite the bullet and sacrifice and nobody seems to want to do it.

 

[IAMDetroit]

So I'm Above average in Most Regards.
That's wild.

Ay Amazon hiring if y'all want to be at least above average. This is sad as shyt.

 

[IAMDetroit]

Both of them look into it and both of them decide to go work at a fukking warehouse making like $17/hr and are perfectly OK with just sticking it out until they find something else. Brother in law is a supervisor up there works his ass off to make $22/hr and brags about how he gets 80 hours a week 40 of them being OT, and he showed me his paycheck stub and he was looking like when he saw his 80 hour check isn't even what my 40 hour check is. Not to mention I promise they do more actual work than I do.

At the end of the day even if you present the avenue to someone, it ain't gonna make them go get it. Too many young black men are cool with these jobs that pay those meager salaries.

Also this tho

 

[benjamin]

So I'm Above average in Most Regards.
That's wild.

Ay Amazon hiring if y'all want to be at least above average. This is sad as shyt.

what amazon paying?

 

[IAMDetroit]

what amazon paying?

Depends what State you in

 

[Primetime21]

kevin samuels really messed up the black womans mind by creating this 100k atmosphere...just putting it out there has these hoes thinking a man aint a man unless he 100k.

huh? He got on hoes all the time for looking over regular guys making average money

 

[desjardins]

damn so the avg black 20 something is basically living in poverty
these numbers are disrespectful

Remember this is under the Democratics

It would be worse under republicans
Sad part though is the vast majority of black men live in cities/towns governed by democratic mayors and city council. Even voting locally has limited impact on the financial success of black people

 

[kt773]

Dads not around, dudes becoming son husbands with mothers allowing them to just layup in the crib and chill and not have a serious job in their 20s. Of course it's gonna have repercussions.

nikka that’s a lie Fathers out here watching they kids become bums as well

 

[benjamin]

huh? He got on hoes all the time for looking over regular guys making average money

doesnt matter, women are children mentally, they have selective hearing. The fact that he created a platform for high value males ruined the black womens mind. i know he had good intentions but the results were opposite.

 

[Fani Willis fan]

How is a grown man in his 30s only making 40K?

I was making 40K as my base (~70K total after OT) in my shytty first field tech job fresh out of college after years of fukking up in college. This can’t be accurate.

40k for a grown man is basically a vagabond. 60k right now in a big city is not even a livable wage.

 

[King Poetic]

Our biggest problem

WE LIVE FOR VALIDATION

Right now how many people you know who making say decent money( NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AVERAGE 80,90, 100k) immediately run away from the hood to live near the suburbs and is paying $2,000 plus in rent but really can’t afford it but they want that validation that they made it or coming up

Meanwhile many of us could have stayed in the hood which was more cheaper but work as a group to get rid of the trash nikkas in the community

I understand if u have the money than moved to a better place, but if u struggling and u can’t cover $1500-$2000 a month in rent dont try to escape to the burbs just to be in debt or in the red because you want to floss for people

 

[Rekkapryde]

nikka that’s a lie Fathers out here watching they kids become bums as well

It's not a lie, but you aren't wrong either.

Just play the percentages, chances are a good father will make you get off your ass to do something.