African Americans and Technology

Let me first start off by saying I am not racist and I do not mean to offend anyone. In reading "Technology Versus African Americans" by Anthony Walton, the journal brought out some thoughts that I have about African Americans. Throughout the essay Walton presents a point that there are technological jobs out there for black Americans, starring them right in the face, and yet they strive to be the next Michael Jordan instead of seizing the opportunity. Some black American living in the ghetto could be the doctor to cure cancer and instead they are smoking crack on the corner by the bar, the same for some white Americans. I personally think that some black Americans are lazy, uneducated, apathetic, and think whites owe them something. Walton talks about slavery a lot though his essay and the technology used to make slavery more powerful. I think that since slavery and the oppression of blacks, they think we owe them their lives. Although we are handing them these great opportunities and they are not taking advantage of them. Now I'm not trying to be prejudice or anything and there are some black people I enjoy spending time with but from my own personal encounters, most blacks my age show off their "uneducatedness" in public. They show it off by the way they dress, talk, and just their overall appearance. That could be the technology that is keeping them from being hired at a decent job. Although some take advantage of these great opportunities like Obama. Now I understand that some situations they can't help themselves. Their lack of education or family history may not be their fault and they get caught up in their own world. Some may say whites are these stuck up rich snobs in these fancy houses rubbing their wealth in Black's faces but I have to say that Black's could be that way to. The opportunities are out there it's up to them to follow the Carpe Diem way of life.