Martin and Johnson & Johnson recruit on HBCU campuses like Hampton and Howard. Pressure on large corporations from organizations like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) have caused these companies to attempt to find and hire African Americans for some of their top level positions. Although blacks are being hired in the field of technology, the community is lacking knowledge and resources in this area. The majority of white families have computers in their homes and are connected to the internet, while very few black families see the need to invest in these resources. Black families would rather purchase a big screen television than invest in a home computer. As far as technology is concerned, the majority of the black community is behind its white counterparts. However, there are some of us who have invested in the latest computers and devices. The majority of black college students have computers, scanners, cd writers, fax machines, palm pilots and of course cell phones. Unfortunately these technologically savvy group of blacks will most likely end up in the sell out group discussed earlier. It is likely that these college students will become successful business men and women, lawyers, doctors and even supreme court justices like Clarence Thomas. They will have prestigious job titles and it is possible that they will also have elite attitudes that will prevent them from reaching out to the communities in which they were born. Like Clarence Thomas, they will not see a need for programs that may have helped them. After all, they dont need them anymore, so why should anyone else? Reading Woodsons book The Miseducation of the Negro raises the question- Now that we have identified the problems, where so we go from here? As a group we have discussed in depth the issues in the book and have each developed an opinion on the future of the black community.Kieth Christie: My opinion on the question where do...
