Too many white people in top national security positions

[SunsetBengal]

(05-14-2016, 03:52 PM)Benton Wrote: The point is its not about a "minority that wants a higher education in a STEM field" its about the minorities that never knew they had an inclination or interest in those fields.

It's about exposure to those subjects at a young age by someone that's competent to foster the interest. A kid from a very poor area isn't going to have the same access to books or educators to promote that interest. Just waiting until they get 18 and just hope throwing money down the road will solve the problem. Its too late by then.

And you are pointing to the bigger problem that I alluded to, in an earlier post.  It is about family values, living in a home where people actually work for a living, striving to rise above the current status.  This happens much easier in a two parent home, where the parents make a unified front to discourage the temptations of street life and "easy money". 

My wife used to teach school in Charleston WV, in a not so nice section of town.  Her average class was 80-90% minority.  The vast majority of those being single parent homes.  According to her, the biggest problem with getting those kids to succeed in class, was getting the mothers to get on board with their kids buying into "traditional society", i.e. education taking them above their current existence, working for a living having actual merit in life, etc. 

I'm all for a minimum living salary.  I just feel like the person should do something of value to productive society to earn it, rather than simply get handed money for doing nothing of value.  There are plenty of occupations that folks could contribute to, regardless of life situation.  If you are able bodied, you can do physical work.  If you're a single mom, you are given a laptop and data entry training.  Jobs like that can be done at any hour, when the kids are sleeping or at school.  See my point?