2 ms·
Extensive support from their own governments, for one. India and China are very serious about trying to export their own tech workers, and have put their educa
by neutronicus 15y ago
Extensive support from their own governments, for one. India and China are very serious about trying to export their own tech workers, and have put their education infrastructure where their mouths are. American-born Indians and Chinese have no doubt benefited from the halo of highly-skilled imported labor.
On the other hand, there isn't a "Black IIT" to bootstrap the tech reputation of blacks.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoThere certainly is a "Black IIT" to bootstrap the tech reputation of blacks. It's called "MIT". Most Black applicants who are as qualified as a typical IIT student will get in. Most Black Americans also tend to have a higher quality primary education than the typical Indian student - their teachers tend to show up for work and their schools tend to have toilets with > 2 nines of uptime. As for "very serious about trying to export their own tech workers", their efforts have made it considerably easier for Indian/Chinese workers to get an H1B. I guess you are right - Black Americans would probably have a hard time getting an H1B.