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So your premise is all Black people have criminal records and that is why they aren't in STEM?
by DamnYuppie 6y ago
So your premise is all Black people have criminal records and that is why they aren't in STEM?
- nimbius 6y agoin many states, a felony conviction will disqualify you from education grants. that same felony will also basically permaban you from any educational loans, or most other loans fwiw. Check cashing is now your friend. Also not all black people, but the fact that black people make up 14% of america but 40% of the prison population is not helping the prospects for a more diverse STEM.
- scarface74 6y agoNo, but there are plenty of statistics showing that every step of the criminal justice system is biased against minorities from stop and frisk , to traffic stops, to tickets vs warnings, to the “War on Drugs”.
- imtringued 6y agoThe article doesn't say that all black people aren't in STEM. So your statement is completely wrong. Additionally drug bans are often completely arbitrary and therefore they can carefully chosen to impact certain races more than others. Cigarettes are equally popular among all ethnics but something like cannabis might be especially popular in black communities. So cannabis gets banned but cigarettes can stay. The public doesn't care because they think junkies are bad people and should go to jail even if going to jail doesn't actually result in decreased drug usage.