"Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not"... My thoughts on America's internship industrial complex: Tweet added by Darren Walker @darrenwalker

Darren Walker

8 years

"Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not"... My thoughts on America's internship industrial complex:

Opinion | Internships Are Not a Privilege (Published 2016)

The unpaid internship system advantages those with networks and financial means while others wait at opportunity’s door. Proposals would change that.

www.nytimes.com

13

102

155

Jonathan A. Perez, Esq. M.A.

@hilliconjustice

8 years

@darrenwalker I was an intern at Facebook and represented a minority group in the tech space, I have a lot to add to your article. DM if pos

0

1

Chris OBrien

@chrisxobrien

8 years

@darrenwalker thx for articulating something that's been on my mind for at least 5 years

1

0

André Blackman

@mindofandre

8 years

@darrenwalker thanks for that fantastic article on internship opportunities - fully in agreement! (h/t @ellmcgirt )

0

1

SJ

@NY1Sess

8 years

@darrenwalker Sad to say but many of our youth have to create their own opportunities. Companies don't provide equal opportunities for all

0

SJ

@NY1Sess

8 years

@darrenwalker Unfortunately, sometimes it's more about who you know rather than what you know.

0

Daniel Heins

@HeinsDan

8 years

@darrenwalker @nytopinion @nytimes Just another way to get people to work for free. The education is the payment and that is BS.

0

Michael Odiotti

@odiotti

8 years

@darrenwalker Great OpEd. Our work @CristoRey is premised on idea that professional work experiences broaden opportunities for our students.

0

Parker Brown

@brownparkere

8 years

. @darrenwalker "talent is equally distributed"? get out much?

0

2

Not Equal

@Perennialism

8 years

@darrenwalker What in the world would compell you to believe that talent is equally distributed?

0

Greenwood Project

@greenwoodprochi

8 years

@darrenwalker Amazing piece in the NY Times. Check out , we are trying to address the exact same thing in Chicago.

Greenwood Project | Changing the Face of Finance

We match up finance firms who want to make DEI a reality with Black and Latino students who want to change their lives by joining the world of finance.

www.greenwoodproject.org

0

Urban Alliance Balt

@UABaltimore

8 years

@darrenwalker thank you! @UABaltimore we provide paid internships for under resourced youth and we see just how critical our work is.

0

Replies