Sista Africa wrote:
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This is really doing my head in, seems that most young people of African descent nowadays are doing IT or Business Studies, now I'm not saying that we do not need people in our communities with these skills but we also need architects, doctors, engineers, nurses, teachers
so someone please explain this 'phenomenon' to me and how it serves our community (beyond the aspirations of the individual)
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THE RELEVANCE OF MY QUESTION IS THIS: ARE U IN ANY OF THE ABOVE PROFESSIONS? IF NOT WHY NOT SINCE U SEEM TO BE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHORTAGES IN THESE FIELDS? WHAT PROFESSION ARE U IN THAT IS HELPING THE COMMUNITY THAT U SEEM TO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT? IF U YOURSELF ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP THE SITUATION THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT IN U STARTING THIS THREAD? THERE ARE MANY SUCCESSFUL BLACK PEOPLE WORKING IN THE IT/BUSINESS INDUSTRY, AND IN MY EYES THEY ARE DOING THEIR BIT TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY OF OTHERS. I PERSONALLY KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK TO CREATE/UPDATE TECHNOLOGY THAT U AND THE REST OF US ARE USING NOW AND WILL BE USING IN THE FUTURE. MY MOTHER HAS STARTED HER OWN FOSTERING AGENCY, AS SHE KNOWS THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF CHILDREN BEING PLACED IN HOMES WITHIN OUR AREA. INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY THIS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT, SHE DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT, SHE EVEN FOSTERS HERSELF.
SO LET ME ASK U AGAIN, WHAT ROLE HAVE U PLAYED IN HELPING THE COMMUNITY U CARE SO MUCH ABOUT?