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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The joke's on them: they ended up at the same place as you.[/quote]

This part. I laugh because I went to an HBCU and am the boss. I have lots of Harvard and Yale graduates who work for me. [/quote]
Help me understand this: Are these "lots of Harvard and Yale graduates" white or black?

If they're white, that means you've chosen to [i]not[/i] hire, promote, and support "lots of" black graduates of HBCUs.  Ain't no company in America that fosters advancement in black HBCU grads in meaningful numbers and does the same for "lots of" white Ivy Leaguers.  No, nope, no way.  It's one or the other.  If you're Girl Boss of a room filled with Rory Gilmores, then you refused to hire Denise Huxtable.

If they're black, then your smug response speaks volumes about you.  As has been well documented, black Ivy Leaguers do not benefit from the prestige of their undergraduate institution in hiring or promotion as do graduates of other races ([i]e.g.[/i], [url]https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/03/06/elite-college-degrees-give-black-graduates-little-advantage-job-market[/url]).  Numerous studies show that Harvard graduates have the same employment opportunities as white graduates of middling state schools.  Doesn't matter the GPA, doesn't matter the major.  Black Harvard equals white Indiana State.  <Insert Fox News talking point about DEI, CRT, BLM, Obama, etc. why black people should be grateful they're even allowed that.>  If you're the boss of -- again, your words -- "lots of Harvard and Yale graduates" who are black, that squares as a data point, and it's not the flex you think it is.

So, which is it -- You're the boss of white Ivy Leaguers to stick it to the Man, and screw the missed opportunities to younger HBCU grads who could use your support; or you're the boss of black Ivy Leaguers, proof that an elite education for black graduates doesn't mean very much in Corporate America.  Which is it -- because if you claim both, then it's time for you to show some receipts.[/quote]

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