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So from now on, don’t let the 4th of July go by because this land was founded by genocidal thieves. Let it be a reminder to get back what was stolen from us. We should be more affluent than we are if we get restored to us what is owed. It is not impossible. Don’t let others deter us.
Now of course, there are gonna be some hardcore Rihanna fans who will blast this expert as a hater. But keep in mind that all the celebrities who have similar businesses are not the savvy business minds you think. Are they entrepreneurs with ideas? Yes, just like many of you are. But not all entrepreneurs are seasoned business experts. Otherwise, most of our street hustler entrepreneurs would be business experts lol.
The most damaging outcome of the segregation laws was that the fake good cops in government started pushing for desegregation laws. Some of our ancestors knew this was a trap so they resisted desegregation as we were doing fine as a nation state within a racist nation. Why get too close to the enemy? But the naïve ones among our people gave in to the socialist strategy and fought for desegregation.
The result? Instead of being an independent thinking state within a state, forging our own political and economic destiny, we all loaded up the moving truck and went from the Republican party to the Democratic party. How has that turned out? We don’t even keep score. Our median incomes and net worth, which was already struggling in the 1930s through 1960s, stayed flat, not far from zero, till this day. That’s a dam shame.
While many of us wait for slavery reparations, the far more significant amount of wealth our community lost was due
In another scene, another very interesting discussion about black women’s hair came up. Surprisingly, or probably not, there was a disagreement about embracing black women going natural. Pro-black sistas were all about that natural hairstyle, but sistas who owned black hair care related businesses, especially the ones that offered blond hairstyles and wigs at the time, vehemently opposed it because it would cost them revenue. I know, very interesting, right?
If you haven’t heard of these 3 bank collapses over the past few days, then you may want to read
In this Black Wall Street history spotlight is well respected businessman John Merrick of North Carolina. He rose out of
Did they tell us the real truth about who really took down all our Black Wall Street communities? Do you
For the past 60 to 70 years, our community has relied on a strategy of trying to influence government officials
Hey, people, it’s your Motivation Minute. I’m John the CEO… How are we doing so far, brothas and sistas? Here’s
Affluent Blacks of Dallas 