Re:Why are there so few black people in STEM?
by cocktailpeanuts on Sunday June 14, 2020 @08:16PM
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That you insinuate i'm being racist even as you acknowledge my acknowledgement of the existence of racism just tells me that you're here to fight and not willing to have a civil discourse.
What I said is that your analysis is missing historical context; that your acknowledgement is inadequate given that context. I certainly didn't mean to insinuate that you're racist, and I don't see what would give you that idea. Are you sure that I'm the one spoiling for a fight?
Re:Why are there so few black people in STEM?
by aparsons on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:51AM
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People get angry when the possibility that culture has something to do with black (vs asian, for example) success in America is floated. They will scream racism without even allowing the conversation.
Re:Why are there so few black people in STEM?
by the_omegist on Monday June 15, 2020 @08:57AM
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Your convenient explanation doesn't explain why more and more black people are accessing to the middle-class and above.
Neither does it explain why, in Europe for example, where there was no slavery, you probably see as few black people in STEM as in the US.
Are you referring to the country's history of slavery, segregation and mass incarceration? Because I'd agree that "the environment" that black people are raised in is definitely shaped by racism, past and present. That you acknowledge its existence as a footnote makes me think you're underestimating the impact of 400 years of treating people as sub-human.