Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 19, 2006 02:43 AM
Myriad ways. Go to nearly any predominately Black inner-city school and check out the education level. It's just assumed that "they just can't learn" by so many teachers and administrators. This is particularly true toward the boys. It's further assumed in the case of Black males that "they're gangstas", which is, sadly, true in too many instances for my personal taste, but is hardly universal and never described me. More than one teacher suggested to me that I take auto shop and become, perhaps, a car mechanic, "you know, a job that you can reasonably get." I said "Nuts" to that and chose to study computers anyway.
The result? Today I pull in six figures annually for basically getting to go and play with really cool technological stuff. That's how I view it, because it's just so much fun. Getting up and going to work is, for me, a joy, even if I'm nearly always "the only speck of pepper in a sea of salt". Do I let that stop me? Obviously not! I'm too busy having fun enjoying my wonderful career.
It sounds like you and I actually agree here. The point I'm making is that I didn't get to where I am by being coddled like these (predominately White) women and their feminist sympathizers are advocating be done for them (you don't hear them advocating the same for me anyway, now, do you--talk about double standards!). I did it by busting my butt and learning from, as well as adjusting to when necessary, the existing engineer/hacker "culture". That culture is ruthlessly "merit-ist". You do well, you get more. You don't, you get tossed out. Now, that, I can handle!
And, BTW, I agree with your statement about the Air Jordans, tricked-out car, etc., too. Ultimately, that mindset doesn't get you anywhere except broke.
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Re:Oh, please....
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 19, 2006 02:43 AMThe result? Today I pull in six figures annually for basically getting to go and play with really cool technological stuff. That's how I view it, because it's just so much fun. Getting up and going to work is, for me, a joy, even if I'm nearly always "the only speck of pepper in a sea of salt". Do I let that stop me? Obviously not! I'm too busy having fun enjoying my wonderful career.
It sounds like you and I actually agree here. The point I'm making is that I didn't get to where I am by being coddled like these (predominately White) women and their feminist sympathizers are advocating be done for them (you don't hear them advocating the same for me anyway, now, do you--talk about double standards!). I did it by busting my butt and learning from, as well as adjusting to when necessary, the existing engineer/hacker "culture". That culture is ruthlessly "merit-ist". You do well, you get more. You don't, you get tossed out. Now, that, I can handle!
And, BTW, I agree with your statement about the Air Jordans, tricked-out car, etc., too. Ultimately, that mindset doesn't get you anywhere except broke.
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