I find it difficult to place complete blame on corporations for the state of young black people. Yes, the corporations' biases do play a part in the hiring process but I think the biggest issue is the system where black men are allowed to fail. More education is needed along with an elimination of biases in my opinion for things to get better.
I agree with Nolan's comment. It's hard to put all the blame on corporations although they are the ones that send most of the job opportunities outside of the country and discriminate against citizens while hiring. I personally would blame the devaluation of young black men lives on the system of the country-the system was never designed for minorities especially "black people."
I also think that it's the inequality for black people is a result of different and systemic causes, where everything goes in a vicious circle. Limited access to education => limited access to decent employment opportunities => perpetuating the biases... It's hard to blame it on just corporations.
I think yes that corporations do have a large blame for the devaluation of African-American men. However, I also think the root cause of the systematic injustice African-American men deal with comes from the fundamental structure of the U.S. government system. Personally, I think in order for the problem to be solved, a reexamination of U.S. amendments, policies, and so forth. In addition, although this may be a long-term goal and it may take years, but I truly believe there also need to be a mental change of how people perceive African-American men and women. Meaning, I think people (I.e., white, Asian, Latinos, Arabs, Jews, African, etc) need to really start challenging their mentality that they are better or smarter than African-American men and women. I would argue that because of this mentality there is a continued denial that the African-American men and women face harsher treatment as well as inequalities. Overall, I think there needs to be structural change and a mental change. The reason being, if the U.S. government does restructure their government system to protect the minority population in this country, it can only succeed, if the there is a mentality change among the American people in changing their view of how they see the African-American community as well as dismantling the notion that their people are better, smarter and or better than them.
I find it difficult to place complete blame on corporations for the state of young black people. Yes, the corporations' biases do play a part in the hiring process but I think the biggest issue is the system where black men are allowed to fail. More education is needed along with an elimination of biases in my opinion for things to get better.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Nolan's comment. It's hard to put all the blame on corporations although they are the ones that send most of the job opportunities outside of the country and discriminate against citizens while hiring. I personally would blame the devaluation of young black men lives on the system of the country-the system was never designed for minorities especially "black people."
ReplyDeleteI also think that it's the inequality for black people is a result of different and systemic causes, where everything goes in a vicious circle. Limited access to education => limited access to decent employment opportunities => perpetuating the biases... It's hard to blame it on just corporations.
ReplyDeleteI think yes that corporations do have a large blame for the devaluation of African-American men. However, I also think the root cause of the systematic injustice African-American men deal with comes from the fundamental structure of the U.S. government system. Personally, I think in order for the problem to be solved, a reexamination of U.S. amendments, policies, and so forth. In addition, although this may be a long-term goal and it may take years, but I truly believe there also need to be a mental change of how people perceive African-American men and women. Meaning, I think people (I.e., white, Asian, Latinos, Arabs, Jews, African, etc) need to really start challenging their mentality that they are better or smarter than African-American men and women. I would argue that because of this mentality there is a continued denial that the African-American men and women face harsher treatment as well as inequalities. Overall, I think there needs to be structural change and a mental change. The reason being, if the U.S. government does restructure their government system to protect the minority population in this country, it can only succeed, if the there is a mentality change among the American people in changing their view of how they see the African-American community as well as dismantling the notion that their people are better, smarter and or better than them.
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