Don't Ask Rambi Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Gauguin who wrote (30538)	6/30/1999 5:25:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (4) of 71178

>We alienated city blacks ourselves, by providing no economy. We starved them, til they organized a hierarchy themselves. < The little pitchfork guy on my left shoulder contests this. We are providing the same economy to all - black, white, in between. But the price of entry is good grades. And that requires attendance at competent schools. Where I I I place the nub of that knot is in grade school. Granted - until a coupla decades ago there were unofficial barriers keeping blacks from easily getting into college and then a career. But a combination of gov't mandate (affirmative action - for better and worse) and dawning enlightenment at the corporate officer level is evening that field. In my own profession I'm stopped in my tracks by the near-absence of black colleagues. But I do NOT think our corporate culture has any bearing on this. The problem is deeper - the small proportion of black chem grad students, coming from a meager pool of motivated and high-scoring Af-Am undergrads. I am not a big fan of advancement thru entitlement. But I won't be dead set against it either - if I see a low-powered opportunity for a large effect.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next