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Recursion

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5. Hell, since the beginning

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 12:18 PM

Apr 2016

I once met Isabelle Wilkerson and asked her about what had stuck in my mind after reading her book: could the extreme poverty of the post-Great Migration south be traced to our loss of the most educated and employable African American southerners to the north and west?

(She's an academic, so she hemmed and hawed and said it's an intriguing idea but she didn't have direct evidence for it, and I obviously can't blame her for that.)

Anyways: whatever our past: we cannot afford this shit anymore. India and China are hungry, and they're going to eat our damn lunches if we don't figure out a way to stop suppressing some of our best producers.

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I work in Silicon Valley elljay Apr 2016 #1

Same problem in systems administration, which is my field Recursion Apr 2016 #2

An old story: when I (f) graduated from spooky3 Apr 2016 #7

wow that sucks steve2470 Apr 2016 #11

Good grief. I can't help but what wonder what would have happened if you'd responded Number23 Apr 2016 #12

Haha! Great response. spooky3 Apr 2016 #14

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america heaven05 Apr 2016 #3

Hell, since the beginning Recursion Apr 2016 #5

You got that right. In a just world, my elegant, massively over read and educated grandmother Number23 Apr 2016 #13

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One answer is Postal Savings and Banking rickford66 Apr 2016 #4

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Plus 1000 JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #17

Bernie has been for this and proposing it for several years, now. FighttheFuture Apr 2016 #9

This problem could be resolved easily if spooky3 Apr 2016 #8

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2016 #19

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This failure to develop top talent is such a shame. wildeyed Apr 2016 #10

Symbolic annihilation. Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #15

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Black Financial Lives and Careers Matter! JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #20