“If allowed African’s should dominate physics and math”
I ponder this sometimes especially when I see the ever increasing complaints and lawsuits about too many white people in tech fields. Back in the 80s and 90s when computers were becoming freakin huge, companies were paying top dollar for anyone who could make a passable claim to have knowledge and experience in networks or anything. Back then, there were no degree programs in programming or networking, and most people (myself included), pretty much taught themselves how to program. I did not have a computer, my high school did not have computers, yet because I was intersted in the subject without schooling I was able to teach myself. During those times, anyone with knowledge, and or experience, or even without those with a demonstrable aptitude and desire would be hired no matter how much melanin or internal plumbing they had. The problem is is as usual it was 99% evil geeky white guys who actually had the initiative to create this new frontier that everyone takes for granted now. But I can guarandamntee you there was not a single roadblock against people with a few extra micrograms of melanin per cubic centimeter of epidermis, in reality, the exact opposite was true
As a kid I learned basic on mainframes. In the mid 70’s. I was put in an accelerated math program that had me bussed to the high school to code on punch tape. 9th grade private school punch cards, but I had a TRS-80 at home to learn dos on. Even in college accounting 101 was fortran. I was not trying to learn computers, it just was. I guess I was in a unique cohort, but I always saw opportunities to code or play with computers. Hell I had windows 1.0.