[true_religion]

Yes, but the discussion right now is do blacks need black programming models in order to become interested in programming?

If merely access to computers and exposure to programming is necessary, then its obvious why we don't have too many black programmers today. In the 80s and previously, computers were expensive and it was unlikely that someone from a lower socioeconomic bracket would have easy access to them.

[bricestacey]

Yes, considering the disproportionate number of existing role models that are working unskilled jobs, jobless, in jail, or playing sports.