Nigerian Teen gets accepted into all IVY League Schools

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Eh, I'd say it's because it just doesn't happen that much if practically ever. There was that white girl, Elizabeth Holmes, who created a biotech company called Theranos and is now a billionaire. Typical child prodigy, really smart, went to Stanford, etc but I don't think she got into several ivy leagues.



That's simply because women represent about 50% of the total population, and also include underrepresented minorities. Blacks as a whole are about 45 million, so naturally more women are going to get affirmative action-based policies.

I was specifically talking about white women.

But the point that's being made is that as far as getting a "boost" goes - being native american/black + woman = best chances for opportunity, and then it goes down from there. I think being black + male still gives you a better advantage for ivy league schools than being a white woman, but maybe I'm wrong on that.

In other words, not all minorities are treated equally. More women get affirmative action but generally not to the degree/level that Native Americans or blacks do (for historical reasons of course) i.e. quantity/quality in the effect.



[URL="http://govcentral.monster.com/benefits/articles/387-federal-workforce-diversity-why-agencies-seek-out-minority-workers"]If you're looking for a government job, being black or hispanic definitely helps.

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"African Americans make up 17.4 percent of the federal workforce, as compared to 10.1 percent of the civilian labor force. But the percentage of African Americans drops dramatically with each rise in job grade. They hold 27.6 percent of the lowest positions (GS 1-4), 25.8 percent of GS 5-8, 15.7 percent of GS 9-12, 10.9 percent of GS 13-15 and just 6.9 percent of Senior Pay levels."

Maybe it's just my experience, but whenever I go to the Post Office, DMV, Social Security office, etc. there are more blacks and/or hispanics than what I see in the private sector.

[video=youtube;Yz3bDON9bNo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz3bDON9bNo[/video]

Maybe try looking into state jobs. NY and CA are good places to look.

Blacks flock to government jobs because there is less discrimination in the public sector than in the private sector. When blacks go to college, they are more likely to choose a major that is related to public sector and non-profit jobs. I know that I started directing my efforts to applying to government jobs because 1. I have a degree in social science and 2. The civil service tests that are often given knock off a layer of discrimination. Even when blacks major in STEM, however, their unemployment and underemployment rates are higher than other races with STEM degrees. This may or may not have to do with discrimination. It could be that blacks don't have a network that taps into the good ol' boy's club or that they aren't attending the colleges from which companies prefer to recruit. But, with the way people tout AA as giving an unfair advantage to blacks, one would think that a black person with a STEM degree would have a very easy time finding a job. Maybe they are living in cities with less jobs. Don't know, but it's not as easy as non-blacks make it out to be.

Even degrees in science, technology, engineering and math — so-called STEM fields where the demand is high — have not immunized recent black graduates against job search difficulty. From 2010 to 2012, the average unemployment rate among young black engineers was 10 percent, the center reported, while the underemployment rate was 32 percent.

The evidence suggests that black graduates, with fewer resources to fall back on, are even more aggressive than whites in pursuing a job. But that hasn’t been enough to overcome obstacles.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/busine...yment.html

In reference to what you added in your last edit, I have applied for jobs in all levels of government. I did this for a few years until I started my PhD program. Since there is a shortage of people with PhDs in Criminal Justice/Criminology, I don't expect to have a hard time finding a job in academia. Or, I could go into law enforcement where the hiring process is almost completely based on testing. I was about to start a police academy last year after passing all of the testing for a police department, but the scheduling interfered with my doctoral courses. I don't see the point of posting that YouTube video here other than to reinforce stereotypes.