Black Man in the Lab; Why do so few black men earn STEM degrees? The reasons, and the remedies, go beyond numbers

For two decades, academic researchers have asked the same questions about black males in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, known as the STEM fields. The scarcity of black men earning STEM degrees has been documented repeatedly. Black males face more than a few obstacles before they reach college: white teachers who misinterpret their behavior, high suspension rates, school closures in urban neighborhoods, inadequate schools, concerns about "acting white," single-parent households, poverty, violence, and a lack of positive images of successful black males.