@blkintechnology: “Where are our thought leaders? Our rock stars in tech?”

Where are our thought leaders? Our rock stars in tech? Where R the conversations around architecting & building something? #stateofblacktech

Building an app and coding is one thing, Architecting, Building & maintaining infrastructure to run the app is another. #stateofblacktech

@blkintechnology most Black (North American) would-be rock stars have no sincere interest in "black outreach"/public speaking...

@blkintechnology too many technically educated Blacks have an aesthetic that makes conversations like these impossible

@blkintechnology too many educated and employed Blacks learned to shut up and sit in the shadows so they can pay their mortgage

@blkintechnology I assume you have no idea who is speaking to you so here's my dashboard: http://songhaysystem.com/#/dash ...and scene...

@BryanWilhite Understood. Their silence hurts us. We need beacons. We need thought leaders. We need more voices.

@BryanWilhite They don't necessarily need to do "black outreach" but their presence is needed in other ways.

@BryanWilhite It's not really these conversations I would like to see them be a part of.

@blkintechnology I wrote this article in 2009. As far as I know, a man of Kwabena Boahen's caliber stands alone: http://kintespace.com/rasxlog/?p=1505

@BryanWilhite Stands alone in what regards?

@blkintechnology he mentions ancient Africa and modern technology in the same breath for scientific, objective purposes-no Chewbacca defense

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