The Innovative Power of Black Creativity | Redefining Technology for Black Communities

So when we take this and realize that black people, you possess a unique, unique ability to be creative, I think we can redefine technology. For example, the Underground Railroad was one of the most innovative things that's ever come into our world. Think about it like this. Through breaking of branches, communication channels, thinking and talking at night, knowing when to navigate, utilizing animals, utilizing so many different things. Our ancestors innovated their way from the south to the north for the sake of the future. It sounds a lot like Facebook spirituals and freedom songs. Black Wall street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The founding of historically black colleges and universities. We have been the hub of innovation. The Montgomery Bus boycott, still using the framework of our ancestors to protest even Black Lives Matter. All these were emancipatory technologies that created framework for sustainable success for black communities. We as black and brown people have a knack to survive and create effective goods and services at any cost. And I want to reframe our viewing of technology not as a way that pushes anybody out, but I really want to look at what's in stake. The growth and sustainability of our communities. I refuse to keep having our culture stolen and monetized. And we're not the ones benefiting.