Roy Dunbar was recently appointed CEO of Network Solutions, marking one of the first times an African-American CIO of a large public company crossed the chasm and made the move to CEO. Well, technically Mr. Dunbar is a Jamaican-American by way of England, but we’re claiming him just the same.

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In a recent speech to the National Society of Black Engineers, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates implied that the reason African-Americans are underrepresented in the Tech Industry is primarily due to the disproportionate dropout rate in our community.

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That’s what the first-ever Web Design Survey commissioned by A List Apart found.

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Everyone knows that African-Americans have less access to technology. It’s called the Digital Divide. The problem is so well documented that it’s become its own field of research. Given this situation, it would be logical to assume that African-Americans are likewise underrepresented in the I.T. workforce.

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