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n4r9 | on: Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
> I'm in the business of making money

Respectfully, there is always a trade-off between how much money you make and how positive a social impact you have.

> The real number (of what % blacks constitute the available workforce within commute distance) will be less than 1%

Yes, as I said, it's not the case that black people are as likely to apply for tech jobs. And I agree with you that it's not your responsibility to make that happen. The problem is systemic and goes back to education and environment. However, your tone is a little disconcerting as it seems to suggest that you think everything is fine just the way it is.

ArthurStacks | parent
That is you being ignorant of other cultures and countries and assuming things work like they do in yours.

The few blacks that are in almost all those cities you mention recieve the same education, are the same environment and socioeconomic group as the whites.

It is also a US obsession with US black people and their problems, and thinking everyone should join in on it. This is why when they tried to bring all the George Floyd protest stuff to this region, they were politely told where they could stick it. There are already enough social problems that should get attention and don't, that affect the people living here. Rather than protests about something that has no relevance to anyone living here.

n4r9 | root | parent
Sorry if I misled. I'm UK born and bred, grew up an hour from London, and have been living in London for nearly a decade. I've seen the racial divide between private and state schools, and I've seen how the inner city schools split into the good ones in affluent mostly white areas vs the poor ones in struggling ethnic minority areas. There's some in the middle obviously, but there's a definite split. In the former, teachers will advise which Oxbridge college you should apply to. In the latter, teachers will have a strategy for how to respond if someone brings a weapon into class. Black people might technically follow the same syllabus, but the environment is totally different.
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