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The Black Culture Thread |OT X| Thread's Up, Don't Lurk

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Slayven

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Labor was the anti JC, he was shit. And he was going places. He had a girl, and a kid on the way.

He was just a good dude, the type of dude that would file his taxes early because he knew he owed money.
 
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RedSwirl

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My nephew just got out of law school.

Unfortunately, I was just reading that the job market is really tough right now, especially for black people.

This discussion has described my life over the past seven years.

That black journalism discussion hit home too close. As an alum of a prestigious Northwestern university known for journalism and a journalism degree holder here's my take on it:

It's not that there's no money in the field but that the places you start in are not exactly shall we say multicultural friendly. The good schools are in places with environments that are not 100 percent receptive and supporting of Af-Am perspectives of all kinds. You've got to break down barriers and pray you didn't burn bridges during classes or that hurts employment odds. All journalism majors from 2006-2009 faced the harsh reality of the recession. That fall 10,000+ journalism jobs were lost so anyone with a journalism degree between 2006-2009 gets a mulligan as far as their careers go.

As a 2008 journalism graduate I can attest. I got a few freelance things here and there and I'm trying to pitch stories now, but I've never had anything full-time. Ever.

And I'm still trying to march down that path because to be honest, I have shit else to put on my resume. I'm getting edged out in experience on applications to retail jobs.
 

Slayven

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Labor once did a 10 hour shift with no break at Best Buy because he didn't want to disappoint people by telling them he didn't work there.
 

Kreed

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