When I was around 12 I was at the Bud Billiken parade in Chicago and Jesse Jackson told my dad he should buy me a laptop. My dad has never bought me a laptop :

When I was around 12 I was at the Bud Billiken parade in Chicago and Jesse Jackson told my dad he should buy me a laptop. My dad has never bought me a laptop :), but even then (1995?) he was promoting diversity in tech in a way.