mark, former new orleans mayor and president and ceo of the national urban league which produced the report and with us is my colleague joy reid, host of a.m. joy, weekend mornings here on msnbc. i often join joy on her show to discuss economic issues. so, i'm glad that you're able to join us to have this one. mark, let me start with you. >> thank you. >> in 2018, while we have to look at the legacy issues african americans face that affect earnings and life expectancy and all that, if we don't confront the major issue, we are tech reliant and prosperity relies on technology, we may not solve this problem as quickly as we should. >> so, this report demonstrates or reveals a para docks. african americans are more likely to own a smartphone, more likely to use social media sites, and are really aggressive as adopters of social media and technology. but the flipsid3 is far less likely than any other ethnic