I think this thread is generalizing ourselves too much. There's plenty of us working trade. I work in construction environments all over the US....in areas with a sizable black population(Mississippi, Norfolk VA, SC), there's plenty of us doing the electrical, plumbing, welding, etc...and in areas with more of a Latino population, they have it on lock. When it comes to the high end trades tho...like cranework, CACs like to keep that for themselves.
What keeps so many black men out of the trades??
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Then you have never heard of plumbers and electricians that get bids on big jobs.
Especially when they have those cost cough cough overuns.
I have a friend that is a welder. He is never without a job or money. But I can't say there are a whole lot of black welders. He tries to put some of the young guys on, but it ain't a glamorous job, and not for everyone.
My step dad and cousin are welders. Step dad is retired and cousin is making good money.
We must have different definitions of rich. $52 an hour x 40 hours a week x 50 weeks = $104,000 gross income. Unless all plumbers and electricians work 80 hour weeks, $104K pre-tax is not rich, especially in big northern cities.Union plumbers make $45.00+/hourly
Union electricians and lineman make $52.00+ / hourly
Especially in big cities up north
That's not my point...a person just entering 6 figures is not rich. They're doing well and depending on their lifestyle and fiscal responsibility, should be comfortable, but that's not rich.
Razor Reader
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Whats keeping black folks from getting licenses ?
So is that the norm or the anomaly?Then you have never heard of plumbers and electricians that get bids on big jobs.
Especially when they have those cost cough cough overuns.
Razor Reader
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What city breh ?
Cost and laziness.
Razor Reader
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When I said rich in the original post I meant electricians plumbers and Carpenters that become entrepreneurs.
Who contract and subcontract bid on big jobs like hotels and skyscrapers and apartment complexes City contracts etc. Use your brain breh.
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
Web developing and software engineering are trades right? 
Right?
Right?
The Oracle
Expat
you want the real answer, or some feel good bullshyt?
most people nowadays, black or not, cannot handle blue collar work.
my company has a very high turnover rate.
guys come in with big talk about how much they want to learn and how hard they work, but nope the fukk out within a week
most of you talking shyt in this thread wouldn’t last either
stick to those office jobs, where you can hide in the bathroom for hours at a time and sit down at a desk all day pretending to work
trades are for men who can overcome challenges, not pussies who only know how to finesse their way through life or game the system
most people nowadays, black or not, cannot handle blue collar work.
my company has a very high turnover rate.
guys come in with big talk about how much they want to learn and how hard they work, but nope the fukk out within a week
most of you talking shyt in this thread wouldn’t last either
stick to those office jobs, where you can hide in the bathroom for hours at a time and sit down at a desk all day pretending to work
trades are for men who can overcome challenges, not pussies who only know how to finesse their way through life or game the system
UpAndComing
Veteran
You sure? Master Plumbers make about 120K, even more if they have their own business
It depends on the size of the job. Big jobs like government ones; equal big contracts. Contractors have connections usually get rich.
Hate to say it but some nikkas are book dumb too, I know here in Chicago you have to sit for an exam to get your plumbers license