We had a similar problem with the magnet schools out east that were ladders for immigrants. It feels like the media pundits would rather attack an apolitical m

We had a similar problem with the magnet schools out east that were ladders for immigrants. It feels like the media pundits would rather attack an apolitical meritocratic institution or corpus for failing to take part in society's broken promises, instead of drawing attention to the real (and boring) cause of the problem. What's more is that it's damaging in how it proffers the idea up that Si Valley is now some system, some status quo, that people should be obligated to aspire to (or at least is some measure of "success" in the traditional sense). Whereas getting a good education is something that everyone should aspire to, getting a job in tech?.. That's a personal decision that should come from the heart. Who the heck knows where the tech industry will be in 20 years anyway? I think the graveness of this difference will become more apparent when you think of possible solutions. One that I offered was that there should be more magnet schools that cater to minorities, that would seem more accessible to them, because honestly, most of these schools are self-fulfilling prophecies anyway. But what would you do for tech? Set up companies for minorities to go into? Seed funds? What would they invest in? See, I don't think there's really anyone who actually knows where the tech sector is going, so this is going to be difficult to implement.