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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Dear Black People. You're NOT Mixed. Accept It!


Well actually very few are, but i knew the title would capture your attention.

Black people worldwide also known as the African Diaspora love to use labels. status and other excuses to escape their blackness. Historically every time we try to do such a thing we are always reminded of just how Black African we actually are. One particular epidemic in the global black community is us trying to get out of being Black by claiming we're mixed or not black at all.

Afro Latinos tend to be the absolute worst, our brothers and sisters from Mexico, La Republica Dominicana, Puerto Rico, Columbia, Brasil, Cuba etc LOVE to dismiss their blackness without second thought. Lets debunk the myth here, Race and Nationality are TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS (read here). For Example, if i was born in Germany, my nationality would be German but my race would be black or negroid (scientific term). If i was born in Brasil, my Nationality would be Brazilian but my race is black or negroid. Since i was born in America, my Nationality is American but my race is black or negroid, get it? Rather you like it or not you are African, you would think that since Latin and South America do everything in their power to erase the African heritage and traditions AND people out of their societies, the Africans in these places would be more united, proud and hold on to the Africa in them, but instead many of them assimilate themselves for acceptance they will never receive (watch Black In Latin America here).

Onto us Africans in America, oh how we LOVE the mixed label. How many times have you heard us claim to have the tall grandmother with the long jet black hair from the Cherokee Nation? 1 million times to many, I've even told this story myself when i was subconsciously self loathing. Sorry to burst the bubble but studies have found out of 36 million Africans in America less than 100 thousand of us has any Native blood in us, and most of them aren't more than 5% Native (read here). According to the 2010 census Native Americans themselves are only a very small 0.9% of the entire US population (here) themselves (almost extinct). To burst another bubble as of August 2011 the Cherokee Nation we all love to claim revoked Black membership from the Tribe, they don't want you (read here).

Another thing that burns my soul is when people assume you're mixed because your beautiful, if you do your research the continent of Africa has so many beautiful black women who are nothing more than black. Beautiful Black women just can't be black? Sadly a lot of black women play into it..."I'm Blasian" the only thing Asian about you is the fact that you frequent the Korean beauty supply, secondly looking Asiatic does not mean your're of Asian descent, the Khoi, Khoisan & Xhosa people of South Africa, who are Black but look very Asiatic are where the people we know today as the "Asians" came from (read here), the also have a similar click language oriental languages derived from. There are many more points that i could make but i don't have the time, I just wish we'd stop trying to escape who we are, We are only as Indian as the "Indian Remy" we wear...We are only as Asian as the General Tsos chicken that comes with the fried rice and egg roll during lunch hour. We are only as French as the fries on the Mcdonald's dollar menu.

You're Black Accept It, because if you don't eventually you'll be forced to.


Rest In Peace to the hundreds of millions of Africans lost during the Black Holocaust also known as the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Rest the souls of the Africans who fought for freedom in the South African Aparthied. Respect to the Africans who revolted for freedom in Haiti, The Africans who fought for equality during the Civil Rights movemnts in America...


They did not risk their lives and freedom for the atrocities we commit against ourselves, one another and the motherland daily.

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Friday, May 4, 2012

Should The Government Pay Reparations for the War on Drugs?




 Dr. Boyce Watkins and Yvette Carnell discuss the war on drugs and whether or not the penalties thrust upon the black community call for reparations from the federal government


thoughts?

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

When Its Beyond Self Hatred...


Thoughts? Comments?

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AFTER TRAYVON: Black Boys Speak


An inspiring and emotionally gripping public conversation amongst 9 Black and Latino boys ages 10-17. It was shot in Brooklyn, New York in early April 2012 at the famous House of the Lord Church just days before George Zimmerman was arrested for the fatal shooting. "After Trayvon" brings together these young boys to discuss Trayvon Martin, their own feelings of vulnerability and fear, education, leadership, violence in all forms, history as they understand it, and how they view America, their America. Kevin Powell serves as moderator for the conversation.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Promotion Vs Networking


"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them"


I'd like people to know there is a huge difference in promotion vs networking. If i can say this best metaphorically i'd say promotion is the exterior of the car and your network is the essentials (engine, transmission, tires etc) It's good for entrepreneurs and small business owners to be balanced with doing both. Promo alone is great for the now, of course no one will know what your product, service or business if you don't boast but it is essential to build a valuable network before you even launch, genuinely supportive people can provide you with an umbrella of resources and motivation to launch grow and maintain a flourishing enterprise.
A lot of entrepreuers remain on life support simply because they do not have a network. Posting your links on twitter, facebook etc and passing that off as the grind does not cut it for you or anyone else, eventually you will burn yourself out glued to the web especially when sales volumes are low. Keep in mind most people are not buying your product, subconsciously they're buying the experience. What experience are you offering to your market? do you share useful tips, have you gained trust in your field? do you have testimonials? will your customer solve a problem with your product or service?

Networking takes time but in the long run it will take you and your enterprise to its highest potential. understand you are nothing without other people unless your business caters to martians. Each day exchange dialogue and resources with someone valuable (preferably someone you admire), take as much time to build upon your connections as you do to promote. Promoters come a dime a dozen, 99% of people are in the rat race. Having a valuable circle will set you apart from 99% of your competition. We've often heard people complain about others only calling them when they need them...Promotion can easily be the same thing. You will amass greater reward when people find you trustworthy and they find you valuable.Understand that money hasn't always been here and In the future it may serve no purpose, When you care about others and sustain relationships with great people you will always have wealth no matter the currency.



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Food For Thought: Should We Really Leave The Hood?


I've seen this way too often, and I've said this way too often.

"I can't wait to take my family out of the hood". A phrase said every second in every ghetto (America & Worldwide)


I remember the first neighborhood i grew up in, Broadway/Memorial Drive In Buffalo NY, I lived right in front of an abandoned trained station. Years later I found out that it was the Buffalo Central Terminal. This is the BCT in its golden days (here) and This is the BCT as i remember it (here). The second neighborhood i grew up in Central Park was once a prestigious community with shopping and entertainment centers and it was also a huge tourist attraction according to my late great grandmother. This is the Central Park i remember growing up (here), depressing right? I hear these tales alot, desolate low income poverty stricken neighborhoods once being prestigious, safe and middle class areas.

My grandmother and her children where one of the first 2 black families who moved to the central park area in the 1950s. They moved there to escape the "hood" they came from. We all know what happened in those times, most of the country was still segregated and whites and blacks had yet to be fully integrated as we are now. When black families began to move into middle class neighborhoods "White Flight" began. (White flight is a term that originated in the United States, starting in the mid-20th century, and applied to the large-scale migration of whites of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions. It was first seen as originating from fear and anxiety about increasing minority populations via wikipedia). Once whites abandoned these communities they became predominately black neighborhoods that remained prestigious until the "Crack Era" that i believe was government organized to intentionally castrate Black Communities and destroy the Black Nationalism that reached its climax in the previous decade and we have yet to recover.

Basically what i'm trying to say is what's really our purpose of trying to leave the "hood" only to migrate, re-populate perpetuate white flight (as blacks are "leaving the hood" to more suburban areas whites are repopulating the inner cities "gentrification") and eventually destroy another neighborhood? Then when that neighborhood is destroyed or becomes "the hood", you will seek refuge in another suburban neighborhood and the cycle will continue.

There's also a myth that we are safer in the suburbs because of the distance from our people, when we are really not, look at Trayvon Martin's situation. Black Male in a nice neighborhood "looks suspicious"

It starts at home. do the best you can to cultivate and invest in your "hood". Because when you don't, other's will (for example Asian Restaurants, Nail Salons, Beauty Supplies, Liquor Stores and Clothing Stores In Black Neighborhoods, meanwhile we have no ownership of nothing except maybe a hair salon. or urban centers such as 125th st in Harlem removing its famous vendors and replacing them with starbucks, corporate stores etc). It's easier said than done, but there is a continuous cycle that is not going to end unless we make the changes at home, In the hood. We seem to have all the money in the world for Gucci, Louis, Fendi and Prada, we can take those same funds and develop our home front, bring jobs, culture and love to our own communities.

I'll end this with a famous quote....
"What you resist... persists"





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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Hosting a Webinar Next Sunday May 6th "Precious Metal Investing For Beginners: How to Begin At Low or Now Cost"


This Webinar is apart of our RBWS/ Black Wealth Initiative and it will cover:

  • The Importance, Value and History of Collecting Precious Resources
  • The Present and Future State of the US Dollar/Economy
  • How To Collect Precious Metals for FREE
  • How to Buy Precious Metals at Low Cost
  • Things You Need To Know
  • Do's and Donts


Time: 1 hour
When: Sunday May 6th 7pm
Cost: $4.99
Bonus: PDF or kindle file with resources for your future reference and list your biz as a sponsor on our website

How To Reserve Your Spot:
Click Here
Within 24 hours you will recieve your invite/login information

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