damn technology is racisss...
Title should have been:
Jesse Jackson to shake down Silicon Valley's lack of his version of diversity.
Not enough homies designing VLSI logic.
I knew a few very smart blacks during my decades in engineering, but they were a very few. That bell curve does have an upper bound after all.
Je$$e’$ right. There is no diversity in Silicon Valley. No Conservatives.
rev. jesse,
Thanks for pointing this out. Why do blacks fail so much in this area?
SillyCon valley hires based on ability. The workforce is heavily minority. If one minority is not well represented, perhaps Jesse could better spend his time encouraging its kids to complete math Science computers and engineering courses ( instead, or along with, sports games and certainly instead of “ ethnic studies” and “ community organizing” krap.
So we must assume that he will he be going around the country telling young blacks to develop self-discipline, avoid gangs and drugs, set goals, stay in school and study hard; He will add that when they reach the higher grades, they should seek out courses in math and the sciences. And he will emphasize that such a course of action is not "acting white" but the road to a sucessful career in the computer industry and the best way to racially integrate Silicon Valley.
Don't hold your breath.
I once worked for a federal contractor. They’d advertise jobs that required a doctorate in some biomedical research area, and they’d be inundated with résumés from Asian and Indian researchers but never hired anybody. They were looking for a black or Hispanic applicant, preferably female, so that this would make them look better in the contracting process. Unfortunately not many blacks or Hispanics tend to go for a PhD in biotech fields. There are a few, but those guys are in high demand and they know it, so they can command a higher salary. The fact is that not too many white women have doctorates in these areas either.
The silicon valley must be ordered to supply innovative brilliance to those that lack it. That’ll do the trick.
Airplanes disappearing out of the skies!?!
Buy him a ticket on “Air Malaysia” and jet his butt out of there.
We are all so painfully reminded on a daily basis that “ elections have consequences”. So do electives. Students who elect engineering and science usual get jobs a lot faster than those electing ethnic studies and community organizing. It’s pretty much all up to the individual whether to become employable or not. So far I haven’t seen much that Jesse does to help young people elect the right choices.
Jesse, a person needs to be EDUCATED to work in the Silicon Valley or any other industry that requires brains and social skills like talking clearly in English, the ability to write in cohesive sentences and paragraphs, and the ability manage anger.
Not something most ghetto rats know anything about.
Jessie is so far off on this one it is not even funny.
Point 1: As a middle-aged white guy I am in a serious minority when I am in silicon Valley. I don’t mind because when I am there I am among my own kind.
Point 2: As the evaluator of technical talent for 29 years this hits one of my pet peeves i.e. black society actively discourages otherwise qualified kids into carriers other than engineering. As a mentor to high school engineering interns I have had parents actually state that “ they would be disappointed” if there child became an engineer rather than a lawyer.
So Jessie BACK OFF !!!!!
How many white folks in Jagmo’s organization?
The only “computer experts” and “devious programmers” that are african american are in the movies or on tv. Actually a rarity in the IT biz.
Look Jesse, it’s a meritocracy, not a coolness contest
All the homies have already been hired.....by the TSA.
The things ya see when ya aint got a bath salts zombie.
damn technology is racisss...Open your wallets, suckers!