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"The one smart thing I do everyday is read Forbes. It's what all us poor black kids do," writer and comedian Baratunde Thurston wrote in response to to Gene Marks' Forbes column, titled "If I Were A Poor Black Kid."

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In Black in America's fourth year year, CNN follows eight African-American entrepreneurs immersed in the predominantly young, white, male world of Silicon Valley. They live and work together as part of the NewMe Accelerator trying to diversify the tech scene.

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