Six Figure Salary Gap Amongst African Americans

When I read this article I was shocked that only 3.3% of African Americans earning six-figure salaries; and that much of the short fall is due to educational achievements. Which probes me to find out how much more do Africans get paid in certain professions relative to White Americans. I mean, I am under the assumption that African Americans who hold doctorate degrees particularly in the technology field should be making six-figures at the minimum. Now I am beginning to realize that African Americans holding advanced degrees are being slighted. For instance, recently this guy from Cameroon holding a PhD from Morgan State left international business machines to go to Fujitsu. The reason he left said company after contributing 4 patents was because he never received a promotion since he joined the company and had not been making six-figures to begin with (the compensation/benefits & stock options does not add-up to six-figures either). I would like to hear your opinion on this and how do you overcome being under-valued in this climate... BTW, here's the article: Six-Figure Salary Gap

King James Is Going To Ocean Drive!!!!!

Well, I predicted that Lebron would be making his next home in the windy city but these articles coming out is suggesting otherwise

Black Engineer Lonnie G Johnson

This clip of Lonnie G Johnson is so inspiring. Starting two companies and working on the research that he loves. He's even received high remarks from the National Science Foundation. This brother is the truth and all his attempts at getting funded has been limited. It's like the people with the money are catching on and don't want to see this brother receive the full credit/recognition he deserves for his ingenious ideas. This makes me wonder how creative our talented/ gifted brothers & sisters could have been if we had the resources to fulfill our dreams in life.

Very touching.... Fired from Bank of America for Not Charging Late Fees

I use to work for a bank that was bought out by Bank of America during my undergrad days collecting for the bank. Being a collections agent requires one to detach themselves from human emotions and do everything within company policy & reason to collect. Here's a former Bank of America collections agent who took a stand... Listen to her story, it's touching...

Social Media and Career Development

I have been looking at how folks use social media (facebook, myspace, linkedin, twitter, etc) for constructive reasons and i came across this link


enjoy.