As STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) professionals, we are tasked with increasing our understanding of the universe and generating discoveries that advance our society. An essential aspect is the training of the next generation of scientists, including concerted efforts to increase diversity within the scientific field. Despite these efforts, there remains disproportional underrepresentation of Black scientists in STEM. Further, efforts to recruit and hire Black faculty and researchers have been largely unsuccessful, in part due to a lack of minority candidates. Several factors contribute to this including access to opportunities, negative training experiences, lack of effective mentoring, and other more lucrative career options. This is a narrative of a Black male scientist to illustrate some of the issues in retaining Black students in STEM and to highlight the impact of toxic training environments that exists at many institutions. To increase Black participation in STEM careers, we must first acknowledge, then address, the problems that exist within our STEM training environments in hopes to inspire and retain Black students at every level of training.

作为 STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）专业人士，我们的任务是增进对宇宙的了解并产生推动社会进步的发现。一个重要方面是培训下一代科学家，包括共同努力增加科学领域的多样性。尽管做出了这些努力，黑人科学家在 STEM 领域的代表性仍然严重不足。此外，招募和雇用黑人教师和研究人员的努力基本上不成功，部分原因是缺乏少数族裔候选人。造成这种情况的因素有很多，包括获得机会、负面的培训经历、缺乏有效的指导以及其他更有利可图的职业选择。这是一位黑人男性科学家的叙述，旨在说明在 STEM 中留住黑人学生的一些问题，并强调许多机构中存在的有毒培训环境的影响。为了增加黑人对 STEM 职业的参与，我们必须首先承认并解决 STEM 培训环境中存在的问题，以期在各个培训级别上激励和留住黑人学生。