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From Gang Bangers to Web Developers?

Posted by Cliff on from the turning-ones-life-around dept.

evenprime asks: "The Economist is running an article about a program that takes gang members in Milwaukee, sends them through rehab, and teaches them web development so that they can have a decent paying job. I think this type of program - one that gives people the ability to help themselves - is a great idea, and it is something that many of us could help with. Do slashdot readers know of any similar programs in other places? If so, what type of qualifications do you think they would require before allowing someone to help teach web design?" Such programs are just too damned cool. Are there any others like it?

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  1. Ebonics web sites? by NineNine · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    But how many more Ebonics web sites do we need??

  2. requirements for the staff positions... by turbine216 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    as far as i know, the only requirement for getting a teaching position in this program is being able to translate gang-banger-ese into geek-ese.

    For example:

    beeitch = troll

    sheeeit = w00t!

    gonna smoke that mofo = i'm gonna frag him!

  3. I'm sorry, but by The+Truth+Is+Out+The · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    There are already enough eyesores on the web. The last thing we need is more bright, gaudy colors and gratuitous use of animal prints. Really, negroes should stick to "gang banging", not web design.

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    The truth is out there . . .

  4. Similar Program by blixel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Such programs are just too damned cool. Are there any others like it?


    The Taliban has a similar program. Only it works the other way around. They take decent respectable impressionable young Muslims and turn them into terrorists who hijack jumbo jets and crash them into buildings.

  5. Nigger Music by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What Niggers have done to music they will soon be doing to the web.

  6. Re:Oh, yeah. THIS is a good idea.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And you're a fuckface that needs to get laid.

    Why don't you stop hiding behind anonymity and go visit any downtown area in a "recognised" big city.. you fucking asswipe!

  7. Re:Oh, yeah. THIS is a good idea.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    The problem is that everyone is so pansy, anti-gun that they wouldn't realize they were getting rolled by a moron with a plastic pellet gun.


    Speaking of suburban gangs, one was bugging my sibilings at one point. I knew where the leader lived, so I went over to his house with a baseball bat and caught him buying ice cream from a truck in front of his house. I didn't hit him, but the little fucker started crying and fell to the ground to beg for his life when he saw me coming for him. Stupid white-boy, wanna-be gang banger.


    I guess they would have to put locks on all the desks where these guys work. Wouldn't want them heisting all the pens each night to pay for the habit (or a new box cutter).

  8. Re:What websites have they created? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You really are stupid, huh?