Which sounds completely impossible in practice. Especially if they specify that the money is to help "poor black neighborhoods", rather than simply "poor neighborhoods".
That's already a political statement, right there.
There's a lot of poor white neighborhoods too, whose kids have little hope of getting out. There's no special scholarships or funds for them, because they're white. No chance of going to college unless they go the military route. Some rural areas follow that same "crabs in a pot" thing where they go after someone they think is getting above their station by bettering themselves, which doesn't help anyone.
PepsiCo just launched a 400 million initiative "to lift up Black communities and Black representation".
I wouldn't get my hopes up.
It is not as if they are wrong. It would certainly be helpful if they try to help them without getting political.
Absolutely. But as of late that has meant picking skin color over competence. Which is blatant racism.
Which sounds completely impossible in practice. Especially if they specify that the money is to help "poor black neighborhoods", rather than simply "poor neighborhoods".
That's already a political statement, right there.
There's a lot of poor white neighborhoods too, whose kids have little hope of getting out. There's no special scholarships or funds for them, because they're white. No chance of going to college unless they go the military route. Some rural areas follow that same "crabs in a pot" thing where they go after someone they think is getting above their station by bettering themselves, which doesn't help anyone.
True. We need to help both poor blacks and the white sub urban people.
Pepsico announced that African Americans will make up 30% of their upper management team.
13% of population will make up 30%.
Let that sink in.
As if I needed another reason to not drink Pepsi products.