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7. Every time a company hires an H1B for a programming job
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:29 PM
Jul 2016

That's a job opportunity lost for a qualified African American. A job opportunity for a GOOD job, not a shit job.

I am white but have lived this, advocating for hiring qualified AAs and training as needed for specifics, instead we get someone imported on a visa, who oh by the way, (a significant part of the time, not always) lied on his resume about having the so-called "required experience", and went to a shit programming "academy" that teaches zero fundamentals.

Every job that goes the other way, that creates an opportunity for a African American, gives a deserving AA family a chance for economic success that may otherwise be blocked for them. This is a positive for everyone, and oh by the way, in the office we get a person who is better educated and has better communication skills.

This is much more an uphill than it should be.

I realize this doesn't address the fundamental racism in the justice system, but geez, can't we at least try to create the success opportunities for AAs so that at least you all have a chance? There are a lot of good hard working people who have it ten times as hard as any white person, and it's total bullshit for it to be that way.

(and why aren't we even talking to white Americans for these jobs? because they want more money than the company wants to pay, and yes they can go get that at other companies who will pay it, once they have a strong resume. That' why it's an opportunity ladder that we need to get AA's on, instead of continuing to outsource those jobs to people who really aren't one bit more qualified.)

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