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Summary Of The Tanning Of America By Steve Stoute

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The love Horowitz’s has for hip hop and the culture is authentic and really sincere. It is nice that, we live in an era where middle-aged white men are into hip hop and is accepted in our society. Due to his strong interest in the hip hop culture, he is a supporter of Code2040. This is a community of Black and Latinos technologist that create opportunities for them in the educational, professional, and entrepreneurial world. What intrigued him to support this magnificent group is his influence by Steve Stoute and the book he wrote named The Tanning of America. Steve Stoute is a black American author and businessman. A brief summary of the book he wrote is about how black culture is making an impact on America. Encouraging a group across America and be able to engage them about tech and innovation is a great opportunity anybody would want to be part of. Therefore, Horowitz is investing, in the future of America and helping in building a network for the next generation at Silicon Valley. …show more content…

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