I'm black. So, I think I can speak a bit about the issue. What I notice is that a lot of black kids are/were afraid as being classified as being geeks/white. So, we basically lost them as kids. Way before anything about bro culture comes in.
Now they are older, they probably see Q from world star hip hop raking it in and probably wonder how do they get into that gig. But, they see the tech beyond their reach. So, I guess what they lack now is the education to get into tech.
Personally, when I'm finish working on Akasha(a programming language for genetic programming), I will dedicate some of my time teaching programming for free. It will be project based, come with an idea and we will develop it. And it will be a kind pay-it-forward system where they in turn teach someone else.
>I'm black. So, I think I can speak a bit about the issue. What I notice is that a lot of black kids are/were afraid as being classified as being geeks/white. So, we basically lost them as kids. Way before anything about bro culture comes in.
As a white guy who went to predominantly black schools I have to concur that the treatment these kids received was brutal. Any kid "speaking white" or having alternative interests was essentially alienated from his/her peers.
Now they are older, they probably see Q from world star hip hop raking it in and probably wonder how do they get into that gig. But, they see the tech beyond their reach. So, I guess what they lack now is the education to get into tech.
Personally, when I'm finish working on Akasha(a programming language for genetic programming), I will dedicate some of my time teaching programming for free. It will be project based, come with an idea and we will develop it. And it will be a kind pay-it-forward system where they in turn teach someone else.