Inspirational Black figures in gaming and technology
October is a black history in the UK, but you might not know that from seeing the world of technology and gaming. Compared to the past few years, there seems to be no many out there on the road content celebrating the month of black history, and that is something we do in TechRadar will help put rights.
Black people have made and made undeniable impacts in the game industry and technology, but for black writers this impact they often feel less valued and undervalued – and, in the case of pioneering numbers in this field, forget – to the point where I am right Really surprised about some of the things I found when researching this article.
And I wasn’t just surprised – I was disappointed and frustrated. The technology industry and gaming certainly work to overcome inclusion and diversity problems, but with diverse results, and, in my opinion, not fast enough.
But now we are here to celebrate, by looking at life and achieving three pioneer black figures in the field of technology and games, and a woman who has a big impact on the world of the game today.
Lawson Gerald ‘Jerry’
Jerry Lawson holds the channel F
A pioneer of technology whose name is almost forgotten, but in the past few years it was rediscovered, and given the recognition that he was rich worthy, Jerry Lawson revolutionized the Nascent video game industry in the 1970s, towards the video game division at Fairchild Semiconductor International, and put the foundation for the game industry we know today.