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Why so Few Black People in Silicon Valley?
Metro ^ | July 24, 2013 | Christiana Cobb

Posted on 07/31/2013 11:39:36 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: Mr. Jeeves
I'm not sure that I agree with this.

None of your listed locations have BART stations, nor did Blackhawk even exist when BART was first built. Danville/San Ramon were farm towns back then.

That said, it was shortly after the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station was built (across from the Stoneridge Mall) that the infamous shooting incident occurred at the July 4 fireworks show at the Alameda County fair in 1998.

The shooter was 24-year-old Jamai Johnson from Richmond, who took BART to Pleasanton. Rival Richmond gangs were at the fair, and the fight started over a stuffed Tweety Bird prize from one of the midway carnival games.

Fromm 1999 onward, the Alameda County Fair has closed at 6:00PM on July 4, to avoid any future incidents

-PJ

61 posted on 07/31/2013 1:44:08 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
BART was built in ther 1960s and 1970s to get people from outlying cities into San Francisco. Richmond was one of the first lines.

BART was the reason we moved from the East Bay to the South Bay back in 1973. My dad got tired of being late to work and late arriving home - due to BART malfunctions.

62 posted on 07/31/2013 1:48:58 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: nickcarraway

Hispanics seem to be the working class minority in S Valley, filling the position.

At least maybe, my 2cents


63 posted on 07/31/2013 2:14:26 PM PDT by In Another Time... (..In another place...)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Initial BART plans proposed another Transbay Tube from Richmond to San Rafael. Marin residents loudly said “no way”. They have also fought hard to minimize or eliminate bus service between Richmond and San Rafael. Marinites tend to be liberals in good standing, but they continually do things like this with no shame.


64 posted on 07/31/2013 2:22:22 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: Mr. Jeeves
Yeah, and it's still going on with George Lucas, too.

First they turned down Lucas' expansion of his film studio and high-paying "White Collar" jobs that Marin residents would normally be so fond of.

Then Lucas threatend to go "Auntie Mame" on them and build homes for low-income families, as a "take that" gesture.

Now, Marin is nixing that idea, too.

-PJ

65 posted on 07/31/2013 2:32:40 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: nickcarraway

because while in school blacks that try to excell are labeled uncle toms and harassed..


66 posted on 07/31/2013 2:37:27 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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To: aquila48
Ebonics++ is not a programming language?

Now that there is funny.
67 posted on 07/31/2013 2:51:35 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Goodbye America. Glad the majority of my years were spent during the good days.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

They were both in technical areas. My second brother is a lifelong computer nerd. He once tried to explain to me what his job at H-P was, but it went right over my head.

My third brother wrote technical documentation for the company, then later transferred into logistics for their manufacturing division.


68 posted on 07/31/2013 3:23:17 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: TheThirdRuffian
Actually, you're a bit off... the black and asian distributions are narrower.



69 posted on 07/31/2013 4:03:08 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Cowboy Bob

Well put CB. On a farm they wouldn’t last a hayseed roll. In the long run, strong profitable decisions make it on a farm. Not pussyfooting around with a few bad investments once the taxes and seed are paid for. Next year is always better. Repeat mistakes? No thanks. No fuss, no bull!


70 posted on 07/31/2013 7:00:04 PM PDT by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites, is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The laws of mathematics and physics are obviously racist.


71 posted on 07/31/2013 7:28:32 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Silicon Valley isn’t that diverse, it’s mostly Chinese and Indians who are doing the work. There is a small layer of whites who are running things in management and getting the bulk of the money.


72 posted on 07/31/2013 8:46:57 PM PDT by sunrise_sunset
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To: Gen.Blather

Well, look at the English expressed on this forum: except/accept, you’re/your, its/it’s, etc. Hey, to quote the Secretary of State: “What difference does it make?

The Silicon Valley company where I used to hang my beret, had a couple of blacks in its IT department. One was a woman software engineer, the other was an operations dude with the company for 20 years. He was a hip brother, elegant in his orange and purple three piece suits, real fun guy, she a family woman, both were over 40. Laid off, when jobs were exported to Bangalore. A year or so earlier , a black software Java engineer was hired, long bangs, low talker (!), mediocre engineer, past unknown to all except management. Three months on promoted to manager, over seniority of at least one Indian (US citizen) and others.


73 posted on 07/31/2013 8:59:48 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: nickcarraway

Two words: BELL CURVE.


74 posted on 07/31/2013 11:36:11 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (NUKE the Black Rock and execute any and all who protest....)
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To: nickcarraway
Although the African American community continues to shrink, those emigrating from Africa to Silicon Valley seem to have increased. "Those who are African American tend to be African...", Millner says.

LMFBO!!!!
This is the kind of moron who would say - - with a straight face and actually believing it - - that Nelson Madela (for example) is an African-American.

75 posted on 07/31/2013 11:47:53 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: denydenydeny

These scumbags of the permanent victim class, these race whores, these grievance industry crybabies, think that even though blacks comprise about 12% of the population, every school in America should be 50% black. Arithmetic is not their strong suit - - if they have a strong suit at all - - and is it any wonder they don’t show up much in a place like Silicon valley?


76 posted on 07/31/2013 11:52:04 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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