TonyB,
Lubs you like a play cousin, but leave my home state out of this!
Anyway. . .I work at a community college, and we offer apprenticeship courses for air conditioning, plumbing, pool screening/maintenance, etc. We do have a few Black students in the AC program, but I don't think there are any in the plumbing program. Our auto mechanics program is at another campus, and there are quite a few of "us" that inquire about that program. My friend's son is enrolled in the AC program, because he realized that living in Florida, there will always be someone that needs his services.
Who will teach us? I think, using myself as an example, until we really want to learn how to do something, we're not going to do it - we'll continue to pay someone else to do it for us until we get sick and tired of paying someone else. But if we're not willing to learn, then we don't need to complain about it (and Professor, I'm not talking about you paying $45.00 for an oil change, 'cause I woulda complained about that price too!).