Why DEI Needs To Be On The Front-End of The Metaverse

Recently, I wrote a rant on The Emerging Meta Divide. Heading this idea off at the front of the path as we traverse into the Metaverse is something that I am deeply interested in and passionate about on many levels. As an Entrepreneur, Innovator and life-long Technologist, I have seen the waves of technological change that has shaped how we interact, conduct business, and progress as a people. I have also witnessed the disparate gap that continues to persist as it pertains to people of color and the advancement of technology. Historically, people of color have lagged behind when it comes to the adoption of technology and in large part, even upon adoption we adopt at the consumer layer, putting us at an economic disadvantage. Over the years we have done better (a lot better), as younger generations are more adept to adopting technology, BUT this is not a wide-spread practice and often times socioeconomic mechanics govern who adopts and who doesn’t. I digress …

As we witness the dawn of one of the biggest technological shifts we have seen in over two decades, the shift from Web2 to Web3 or more commonly expressed as, the shift from Social Media to The Metaverse, conversations are arising that 1. I believe NEED to be had, and 2. Historically have never happened this early in the evolutionary cycle.

As a person of color I have…