SAN JOSE, Calif., May 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Raymond L. Chukwu plumbs the underlying causes of poverty among African descended communities across the world as he launches through Xlibris his critically insightful book, Blacks and Technology Volume II: The Shift of Economy Power to Blacks in the Twenty-first Century. Chukwu identifies scientific and technological endeavors as the Black community's solution to this concern.
Chukwu begins his book with a preview of the worldwide Black community's economic status in the United States and the sub-Saharan African countries, then proceeds to identify the causes of Black economic problems. He describes the Blacks' lack of "products" to offer and participate with in the global market, as well as their need -- in the case of U.S.-based Blacks -- to "build bridges from Wall Street to Appalachia and ... prosperous Silicon Valley to the ghettos, barrios ... in the Ozarks and Middle America." Chukwu digs up historical facts going back to pre-colonized Africa and the extensive period of colonialism, which apparently has led to the problematic economic status of the international Black community today.
Chukwu believes that, while not at all lacking in intelligence and talents, Blacks lack involvement in scientific and technological endeavors. He believes, if tapped, science and technology will lead to greater economic power, as well as to a rise in academic rank in the fields of science and engineering, among others. Chukwu envisions that building technology bases will give Blacks the leverage to shift economic power in their direction. He offers methodologies and implementation techniques to do this in Blacks and Technology Volume II.
Blacks and Technology Volume II also provides some speculation on whether the failure of Blacks to embrace and benefit from technological revolution can now be challenged by the election of U.S.A.'s first black president Barack Obama with his promise of change. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Raymond L. Chukwu was born in California to an American mother and a Nigerian father. Upon the death of his mother, his father took him to Nigeria when he was two years old where he grew up with paternal relatives.
Blacks and Technology Volume II * by Raymond L. Chukwu
The Shift of Economy Power to Blacks in the Twenty-first Century
Publication Date: July 10, 2008
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