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Cottom said that it’s widely known that blacks have a higher level of unemployment than the national rate but that this report is different because it dispels the notion that education shortcomings are keeping black Americans from upward mobility.
“The first thing people say is ‘Oh, well, black people don’t go to school’ or we don’t major in the right fields,” she said. “This report says it doesn’t matter if we go into engineering or the sciences … The report shows that race matters.”
It's impossible to dispute that black college grads are hired less often than white college grads. The stats don't lie. The question is why. I wonder if low standards for black students due to affirmative action college admissions stigmatize all black college graduates as being unqualified. The black students that "earned" their admission can't be distinguished from those that were allowed into school because they are black.
"Just a quarter of this year’s high school graduates who took the ACT tests have the reading, math, English and science skills they need to succeed in college or a career, according to data the testing company released Wednesday.
The numbers are even worse for black high school graduates: Only 5 percent are fully ready for life after high school."
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It's impossible to dispute that black college grads are hired less often than white college grads. The stats don't lie. The question is why. I wonder if low standards for black students due to affirmative action college admissions stigmatize all black college graduates as being unqualified.
"Just a quarter of this year’s high school graduates who took the ACT tests have the reading, math, English and science skills they need to succeed in college or a career, according to data the testing company released Wednesday.
The numbers are even worse for black high school graduates: Only 5 percent are fully ready for life after high school."
Once a black student is admitted, there is no such thing as Affirmative Action grading.
So what low standards are you talking about. They're earning the same degree as their white counterpart in the same field.
Once a black student is admitted, there is no such thing as Affirmative Action grading.
So what low standards are you talking about. They're earning the same degree as their white counterpart in the same field.
I think the problem is contacts in the business field. I know the job market is extremely hard for all graduates, but if a white student graduates and has a parent or aunt or uncle in the oil industry that can help get their foot in the door it's all the better. These days it's almost impossible to get someone to look at your resume unless you know someone at the company to pass it along to HR. Otherwise, it just posts online and goes into the ether.
Once a black student is admitted, there is no such thing as Affirmative Action grading.
So what low standards are you talking about. They're earning the same degree as their white counterpart in the same field.
Haha, exactly. Just getting admitted into College doesn't qualify anybody for anything; you don't just twiddle your thumbs after receiving your acceptance letter and then graduate a few years later.
These are College Graduates that put in the time and effort.
It's impossible to dispute that black college grads are hired less often than white college grads. The stats don't lie. The question is why. I wonder if low standards for black students due to affirmative action college admissions stigmatize all black college graduates as being unqualified. The black students that "earned" their admission can't be distinguished from those that were allowed into school because they are black.
"Just a quarter of this year’s high school graduates who took the ACT tests have the reading, math, English and science skills they need to succeed in college or a career, according to data the testing company released Wednesday.
The numbers are even worse for black high school graduates: Only 5 percent are fully ready for life after high school."
Do you really believe that all white students "earned" their admissions into college? Or that most black students did not?
I'm actually interested in the guy they profiled for the article... Emmy award winning and an Ivy Leaguer? And unemployed?
Something is amiss, and I'm not sure it's the color of his skin.
I have an Ivy undergrad degree and for most of the stretch between 2000-2010 I was unemployed or underemployed. I also noticed that when I looked at what our alumni were doing in terms of employment, the black males had the worst of it.
A good start to life would be to not name your child something the HR recruiter cannot pronounce. Numerous studies have shown that the harder the name to pronounce and spell, the less likely a recruiter will call the person for an interview. Why? Human nature...people don't like to get things wrong...and a name is one of things no one likes to get wrong, especially when first impressions matter.
For many black parents, they just don't understand this concept. Jennifer will get called before Sha'quaninika will. That's the plain reality of it all in American culture. So black people....do right by your kids. Do not hobble them with stupid names no one can pronounce or spell.
A good start to life would be to not name your child something the HR recruiter cannot pronounce. Numerous studies have shown that the harder the name to pronounce and spell, the less likely a recruiter will call the person for an interview. Why? Human nature...people don't like to get things wrong...and a name is one of things no one likes to get wrong, especially when first impressions matter.
For many black parents, they just don't understand this concept. Jennifer will get called before Sha'quaninika will. That's the plain reality of it all in American culture. So black people....do right by your kids. Do not hobble them with stupid names no one can pronounce or spell.
And then when Jennifer shows up at the interview..............
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