'NYT' Commenters Remind You That Racism Is Over
Yesterday's DealBook ran a post about Black Enterprise's "75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street" cover story, noting the historical and continuing under-representation of African Americans in the financial services industries. Comments on the article started with "People said the same things about Jews on Wall Street when I was young. Was just a matter of time for my generation to get the education required to enter the system. In the banking and investment game cream rises to the top," and just got better from there. After the jump, a selection of some of our favorites.
If I was an African American I would be worried. While the African-Americans sit around bickering and complaining about lack of recognition, the Asians and Latinos in business are going to continue climbing business ladders without screaming "Look at me I'm climbing!". Lets see what happens to the numbers of minorities in a few years....just a thought....
When is the article on the lack of diversity, subtitled "The Discrimination against Asians in the NBA and the NFL," coming out? I am also still waiting for the article on "The Highly Qualified Asian Students Who Do Not Get into Elite Schools so that Utterly Unprepared and Unqualified Affirmative Action Students Can Steal Their Rightful Places, which Is Futile since They Never Graduate Anyway."
I am sick and tired of the incessant complaining by all minorities about the lack of representation in government, corporate america, etc., etc. It's important to recognise that the opportunities have been created and it's then left largely to the population of minorities to seek to take advantage of those opportunities. Stop your bloody complaining and work to earn that place.
I'm not sure why they have such a narrow definition of success or of business, since blacks seem to excel in the arts, as does anyone really want to listen to a white artist? As for fashion, talk to Ms. Robin Givhan, as she shows off her Pulitzer to Andre Leon Talley and say blacks don't matter in fashion. Develop a wider lens, please.
That last may be the best one. Don't worry about Wall Street, black people; Young Jeezy and Kendra Francis will show you the way! Say what you will about the intelligence of Gawker commenters; the NYT's troglodytes make you look like a bunch of frigging Einsteins.
