Why are there so few black people in STEM?

Re:Why are there so few black people in STEM? by tikititaki on Sunday June 14, 2020 @06:53PM (#23522097)

"A close examination of wealth in the U.S. finds evidence of staggering racial disparities. At $171,000, the net worth of a typical white family is nearly ten times greater than that of a Black family ($17,150) in 2016."

Source: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining...

Of course not all black people are poor, but that's a very poor understanding of statistics. Just because a black man became President or there are millionaire black men, doesn't mean that institutional racism is suddenly over or economic equality has been established.

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Re:Why are there so few black people in STEM? by the_omegist on Monday June 15, 2020 @08:35AM (#23526641)

So that means there are less poor people in STEM, no? Poor blacks are a subset of poor people regardless of race.

If the average black family were wealthier than the average white family AND we would keep seeing such difference, it would be interesting to wonder why. But there is nothing new in poor people not being able to access to long studies.

The problem is poverty, not race.

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