Why is he laughing so much? It might help if the guy who's speaking on this subject at least pretends that he's taking it seriously.
@u.kw1461 Says:
0:44 even in Africa, white people are more privileged, often getting more benefits, better pay, mentorships, etc. compared to black people, who are mostly in admin, HR, support desk roles. So many talented young POC are cut under the feet. It's so messed up and discouraging knowing that you're hired to save face for being "diverse"
@Traditional_Force Says:
Black race dont like math and science in general. Some Do, but no the majority
@venturebeats7224 Says:
My job level 1-2 helpdesk 100% black & Hispanic- All other system engineers, sys admin literally everything upper level 98% to 100% white. Too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence. A white person can COMPLETLY RUIN and mess up a project multiple times etc. and still have a job. upper level black employees make 1 mistake they are GONE. The game is rigged white people run and control it. Make your money in tech and put that into investing and other entrepreneurial ventures because the corporate world is for white people and white people ONLY. Search up any random tech company the owner and all upper level board members and top positions are all WHITE sometimes a few Indians or others spread in there and lastly black people if your lucky to find one!
@mja9376 Says:
Video is great. Separation is needed black people from N's.
@Pable2-x5d Says:
The truth is that we need to focus more on Mathematics and intellectual hobbies for young black boys in childhood. Black culture is obsessed with sports, entertainment, and "swag" for black boys.
@NatalieLovesxo Says:
My guess based on what I know is, racism in terms of hiring, I know people with less "white" names for lack of a better phrasing are less likely to be hired, and in terms of schooling, it's very expensive, and white people got a head start in terms of generational wealth and slavery. And with hiring discrimination also due to racism, and how it's hard to prove someone didn't hire you based on race alone, getting work will likely be more difficult compared to those who are white and able bodied. And not to mention discrimination in terms of xenophobia where people are wrongfully getting their families torn apart so there will also be prioritized investment in that time wise, emotionally and financially compared to schooling. Also tech is a big part of our world and how we get news, entertainment, and media in general, so maybe that also has something to do with why cis white men are prioritized.
@TechnologyChannel-o1x Says:
Great message.
Your message will fly right over those racist people’s heads.
They fear competition.
@bksson2818 Says:
Thank you brother ❤👍🏾
@bksson2818 Says:
IT'S AGE, GENDER, AND BLACK DISCRIMINATION. IF YOU ARE 55+ AND BLACK FORGET ABOUT IT. WHY??? IT IS FULL OF RACISM AND AGEISM. THIS IS DISGUSTING.👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾
@Wilomite Says:
First, Black Americans make up roughly 13–16% of the U.S. population, so naturally, there will be more white people overall. Second, careers in technology aren't promoted within the Black community as heavily as paths like music or sports.
@hondasayvic Says:
Because, when you think you are good, there's a million Chinese that is a million times better. That's why.
@Lanae8199 Says:
I recently lost my Cybersecurity job due to workplace discrimination only after working there for a month. Finally, someone who is tells by the truth. This company hired a lot of East Indians on H1B visas. I was the only black person in my department. It has been 3.5, and several interviews later, and I still have not found another job.
@DrrEW55437 Says:
If the tech industry is racist, then how come 40 percent of asian americans are working in the tech industry?
@Infinite_Guide04 Says:
Im a first year student in CS in England, going into my second year. Thank you for this video.
@ianmoone8244 Says:
You are just another guy finding excuses! Black people just don't care to learn things tech/science related, but after they cry about don't get a job in that specific science related areas that they studied! Nobody forbids black people to learn how make software, then why cry when you see that almost all programmers are not black? You said that black people mock the nerds then why cry after the nerds got their jobs? If one company need to hire one engineer, the black person that don't care to study will not get the job! It's simple logic! If you are so sure that the problem is racism, then why you said that only contract black people is counterproductive and make no sense? If almost 100% of programmers are not black is logic that that proportion will be reflected on companies!
@konteezy203 Says:
Definitely racism, I feel mad pressure just checking the black box on applications. Bachelor’s degree = gatekeeping. For me anyway, I just wasn't fortunate enough to have parents that made sure i went to college, trust i tried it on my own. The world really hates us black men fr. Why would I need a degree and 3 years experience to get paid 50k for a help desk job that anybody can do? Smh. Its depressing af. Now I'm learning linux and pentesting so that I can become a bug bounty hunter. Wish me luck
@NandiJ777 Says:
5:30 Dr. Robin D. wrote about it, #InstitionalRacism in her book #WhiteFragility , #HowardZinn's books are key, too!
@LixT-b1t Says:
I'm black, Ive built Companies high end websites and done alot of clientel work
@devohnmitchell Says:
U SPoke Facts..I'm in Tech as well.💯💯
@ReadyDownDeep Says:
They don’t hire us because we are smarter than all of them. Look at how we invented and developed the world we know today. *Drops mic*
@kalahall5170 Says:
As someone who lives in San Francisco and tried to get into the tech world, I can confidently say they are all racists who only allow other Europeans to be hired into managerial positions while giving Asians to do the grunt work and also the gate keeping as tech pays six figures and Europeans don’t want people of color to make more than they can. The whole country is just to appease/ humor the Europeans. They really don’t care about anyone else but to feed their own ego. So don’t be fooled by the colonizers mentality.
@JarrettLucas Says:
Great video bother. I work in tech as well. At a company of about 400 people and offices spread out in 4 different states, I’m the only back male that works there. And there’s only one black woman as well. She works in one of the other offices in a different state, so our paths never cross. Crazy!!
@jakeleone8944 Says:
Unfortunately, in tech, there is a huge bias in hiring. That bias is that friends tend to hire friends. So the hiring reflects this. Companies with a large quantity from one group say European decent, or Indian decent, tend to hire from their own race. It is racist, it might not stem from a horrifically wrong/stereotyped perception of other groups. It might just be people are afraid (of losing their job) and so build up a cadre of friends around them to protect them.
I just finished an interview, with a major tech company. I did not get hired. But a few of the interviewers were just adamant that the job was not something I would want to do. Yet, that is exactly what I have been doing for 23 years and at high pressure in startups.
It just boils down to biases. I am older, I am of European decent, and the interviewers were predominantly Indian. They probably have unemployed friends they would like to bring in. It just boils down to that.
I expect with these layoffs, and subsequent rehiring, white involvement in tech will fall some, east asian participation might remain stable. South asian participation will increase.
Only when there is a huge number of unfilled jobs, and a clear need to fill those jobs, and very few people who can fill them will companies open up as workers at the companies feel comfortable and don't mind the competition.
Surprizingly, interview requirements will also drop. Companies might also decide that replatforming a person (say from standard dev to an AI position or Security position) this could happen.
Yes there is massive discrimination in tech. And you can see in in DOJ vs Facebook 2020, 2600+ cases of discrimination against highly qualified local applicants.
Auditing should be required of any tech company that uses our visa systems. They really need to be forced to examine their hiring practices, literally for benefit of the company and not the hiring manager building a fiefdom (which happened at Facebook), but it happens everywhere in tech.
@Chronowave_Dynamics Says:
Quantum Computation and data analysis, 3d Printing expert, Audio production and engineering, mechanical engineering, homeless *dab*
@Reason_over_Dogma Says:
For me, my family said it doesn't make money and it's only for white people that there's no diversity and i wouldn't get far ahead. I did IT. I'm doing more than okay.
@hungariannerd8445 Says:
I am one of the 3 white people in my office. There is 1 black American guy, 1 Korean girl, and over 1000 east indians. I'm often seeing companies overwhelmed with Indians. I love indians, they are amazing people, but, it just seems like every company will hire 1 white guy, 1 black guy, 1 asian guy, 1 latino, 1 lgbt they/them and then 100+ indians just so they can meet the diversity quota.
@nwofailure Says:
Funny. Most people who own tech companies are....drum roll..... DEMOCRATS...Almost like the truth and the narrative dont add up huh?
@RafaJarzebsk Says:
Studies have shown that in recruitments where the candidate's race was hidden to the recruiter, blacks performed worse than in cases where the candidate's race was visible? So it seems that some form of system racism is occurring, but paradoxically it is a racism aginst non-black cadidates and it is favorable to blacks!
If so, in what magical way does prejudice against blacks actually block their access to the IT industry?
@Itsmedt Says:
Trying to pivot into tech sales with experience in face-to-face consultative sales and telesales (inbound, outbound, B2C and B2B), still waiting for the opportunity for an interview 😩
@keithwisdom1663 Says:
No blaks in pwi. And its ok. All hite corps they dont thing its a problem 😊
@zerostozeros Says:
Keep it 100; we all know why many black people aren't in tech. And it's not racism. It's a sad fact, and it's difficult to pinpoint the origin of this behavior, but it is real. Approx. 4% of computer scientists are black. It's not a good sign for the future of the black community.
@ayanrosey8597 Says:
0:48 😂😂😂
@camsbff8620 Says:
I am a black woman who started in tech in 1980 in the Navy.
Continued as civilian in 1990, retired as a govt public service a analyst few years ago.
In a 40 yr career in tech my experienced went from being the only black person to the only black female in technical cert courses. I retired from public service as the 1st and only black woman in a Networking dept implementing MANs n Campus LANs.
If your experience is being hired as the "token" person of color I'm dismayed this continues.
I ❤ tech but eventually adjusted my way of thinking about my field. We're hired to tick boxes, have more formal education and experience than most our peers but are expected to continue to provide solutions others get credit for achieving way too often.
Young man, I'd hoped this would've changed by your generation. I hope you help to continue to put further cracks in that ceiling!
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@jordanferguson124 Says:
The problem is the box asking for your race and gender but u qualifications have to go above and beyond and still don’t get the job 🤡
@aniankh Says:
KEEP UP THE GREAT Work!!!
@ericwoods6286 Says:
Not really. Black people just aren't smart enough to code. For every 73 bazillion blacks, only -.74 can actually code. So in a sense, it will take another 57,000,000,000,000,000,000 years before we find a Black guy who is smart enough to code.
@xRowx Says:
Its very much a gatekeeping culture. Masters degree in Computer Engineering and getting jobs worth my education and experience is tougher than finding Tupac.
Dont get me wrong I get interviews for 6 figure jobs but the final boss (aka white, Asian, or Indian manager) opinion usually says no for lack of experience that you can ONLY get by previously working for that said job. Keep pushing tho ✊🏾
@4agewise120 Says:
The subject and reality is on point. This racist system and gate-keepers are creative on keeping us out. When people in power have always had a mental illness(hatred) toward our group and some toward "any lower class".
@tatlertom3090 Says:
i think excellence will always be the key. look at Asians. Their excellence is 100% the reason they succeed. They out save whites, do better in school, take harder STEM majors, work harder, are less likely to be arrested, incarcerated, or suspected (in victim ID) as violent suspects. They have higher credit scores. They have significantly higher (and moving even higher still) standardized test scores. They pile in to the hardest, most time consuming, most rigorous careers. Excellence excels. Whites could learn from Asians. Blacks could learn from Asians. Everyone should be asking themselves: how do I do better in life? One answer: adopt the Asian way.
@Mark-wb8dv Says:
They are generally very poor at maths genetically
@everedyg9508 Says:
It is not racism anymore but sexism, and political discrimination... against men. Especially those that lean conservative. Black women have no problem getting into tech. In fact they bend over backwards to push Black women therein even if not qualified. There are numerous free bootcamps and programs for women to start their tech journey and zero for men. That is the reality
@actingbarber Says:
Well spoken
@actingbarber Says:
systemic racism
@0Camus0 Says:
Hm as a Mexican working in tech in the US I am not quite sure about racism... 80% of people are either Indian or Chinese, and sometimes Indians only hire Indians, there are leven lawsuits about it.
Now, a lot of Mexicans in the US, but they don't work in tech, at all, and I don't think is racism, is just that a lot of people rather pursue different careers. When we interview people, most are Indian, maybe a white but it's rare, so, not sure.
I can think about being expensive to get a degree in CS, that's the only real explanation that I can find and yes, racism is something that contributed to that, but indirectly.
@CMV314 Says:
There are very few Black men in tech because there's very little interest. Studies have shown that Black kids want to be rappers or sports stars when then they grow up. Not all, of course.
@elsavelaz Says:
So what should we do if we feel there are things that happen that show that stuff is not fair , if you work for an at will state? Do you spend time finding someone to looking into it? Is there like an attorney that specializes in representing marginalized groups, or how does a person even begin figuring out effort to look for help? Yes Aaron brokovich for it done , but it’s not exactly the same … just wondering , is there a lawyer out there that can help make quick decisions like “yeah pursue that, here’s who can back you up , now focus on finding your next gig cuz we know you don’t have daddy big pockets to let you slide while you make it selling chocolate.”
@kidultcollectibles Says:
they don't competition.
@alxzndrmusic5971 Says:
They don’t think we know what we’re talking about, I’m in Audio Engineering and I notice so many micro agressions
@psikeyhackr6914 Says:
ROFLMBAO
I won a National Merit Scholarship in 1970. I went to college for electrical engineering.
Other Black kids in high school made sarcastic remarks, "You're a scholar and a gentleman." But two of them paid me to take their SATs.
I'm sorry, but watching basketball and football is boring. I soldered together my first computer in 1978 after I was hired by IBM.
I offered to pay some neices and nephews to read some science fiction books I selected. They refused!
Black Man's Burden (1961) by Mack Reynolds
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