Business
Are African-Americans ‘self-segregating’ themselves out of opportunities?
Monday, March 5, 2012
There’s an under-representation of African-Americans in the tech sector.
And it is all because of self-segregation, says Maya Beasley (pictured).
Beasley, who is bi-racial says:
There’s a danger in completely segregating yourself. When black students only interact with each other it really inhibits the information they’re getting. White students are getting advice from their parents and summer jobs through their connections.
Black students need to learn to interact with white people and have some amount of comfort with them and I don’t think that’s asking a lot.