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In Class with Carr

S E465: Gerald Moore: On a Mission to Get Black Boys Into Tech by 2030

In Class with Carr

Knarrative

Society & Culture, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Empowerment, Education

4.9972 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Gerald Moore talks about how he checked the box on every negative statistic as a young man and how he wasn't supposed to succeed. But he did. And he is using his blueprint to make sure other young Black men do the same.

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0:00.0

This is a Welcome to the show. He is founder of Mission Fulfilled 2030. What is that about?

0:18.0

Oh, we're going to find out. Let me welcome the one only Gerald Moore.

0:22.0

Welcome to the Karen only Gerald Moore.

0:22.6

Welcome to the Karen Hunter show.

0:25.0

Thank you, Dr. Hunter.

0:26.8

It's a pleasure to be on the show.

0:29.2

I'm a fan, especially of the Saturday class. I try and catch the Saturday class all the time.

0:35.5

Just signed up for narrative. So I'm ready to go. You guys are enlightening me on so much.

0:41.0

I feel so ignorant in regards to my African history, but thank you guys for holding

0:48.0

that platform and you guys hold that down and I'll hold it down in tech.

0:57.5

Well, we might have to incorporate what we do with what you do and let me just I'm not a doctor. I have a tremendous amount of respect for people who put that work in and maybe one day I'll go back

1:02.4

but I don't know why I'm going to I would not spend that money it would have to be

1:05.9

Somebody who have to pay for it because I'm not spending money to go get somebody else's education that's it said

1:12.1

You know it's important that we have this discourse, right? And to

1:15.8

feel ignorant, we all are, you know, and this is the journey, right? Everybody is

1:21.1

ignorant of something.

1:22.6

And the goal is to fill in the gaps in the areas

1:25.0

that you have passion.

1:26.5

So your passion is tech.

1:29.0

Take us through how you got into the space? Well today black male educators make up less than 2% of

1:38.0

a high-tech and STEM workforce. Black males make up less than 5% of the high-tech and STEM workforce.

1:46.0

And now I'm a part of that and how I came up, young black male from the inner city,

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