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african americans especially young african americans" need to know that their was a time when we obtained wealth and prominence through intellect and hard work instead of shooting hoops, throwing a foot ball, or gangsta rap we have our share of old families & the world need to know this!
african americans especially young african americans" need to know that their was a time when we obtained wealth and prominence through intellect and hard work instead of shooting hoops, throwing a foot ball, or gangsta rap we have our share of old families & the world need to know this!
I could not have said it better.Its funny how this post has so little comments from either black or white.Yet let this be about something negative regarding, crime in the black community, racism,drugs dumb celebrities in trouble with the law or athletes playing football,or the first black president's poll numbers and it just goes on forever and forever.It has to get closed it goes on so much.Instead we have people acting like we should be ashamed of these early successful African Americans
I could not have said it better.Its funny how this post has so little comments from either black or white.Yet let this be about something negative regarding, crime in the black community, racism,drugs dumb celebrities in trouble with the law or athletes playing football,or the first black president's poll numbers and it just goes on forever and forever.It has to get closed it goes on so much.Instead we have people acting like we should be ashamed of these early successful African Americans
Who are these people? Great point, Annie. Socialization has a lot to do with why entertainment and sports is seen as an avenue. Hence, the need for exposure not only to younger Black folks, but to the world. I really sometimes think we got so caught up in getting things without getting understanding and awareness of issues and needs of the community.
By the way, Boston's Beacon Hill was once had an enclave of middle to upper middle class Black folks on the west side of the hill. I believe that Philadelphia has an old money Black community.
Who are these people? Great point, Annie. Socialization has a lot to do with why entertainment and sports is seen as an avenue. Hence, the need for exposure not only to younger Black folks, but to the world. I really sometimes think we got so caught up in getting things without getting understanding and awareness of issues and needs of the community.
I mean the earlyAfrican Americans who were financially susecceful in some cities even though for the times,it was are.In Atlanta I mean people like:John Wesley Dobbs,The Yancy and Scott Families,Alonzo Herndon(the first black millionaire in Atlanta etc......
Grow up... That brother packing more paper than you...You probably a fruit cake yourself... (Some) Blacks folks are the most backwards ass folks when it comes to sexuality...Why are you concerned about how he looks ? Besides the topic wasn't even concerning that brothers appearance.....
The only thing worse than LOG's books are Stephen Carter's books. Carter is a professor at Yale Law School and authored "The Emperor of Ocean Park." He spends the first 1/3 of the book describing the glorious credentials of the novel's protagonists. His descriptions are utterly disgusting. They read like this:
Kimmer was one of the newest Partners at Covington & Burling. She thought that the senior partners would have held her impractical experience on the Harvard Law Review against her, but it appeared they had a change of heart. Kimmer had gone straight to Harvard from Princeton, where she met Thomas, her future husband, whose family was one of the oldest black families in New England. They had known each other through excursions to Oak Bluffs on the Vineyard when Thomas was at Exeter and Kimmer was at Andover, but it was not until Princeton that their love was ignited. Thomas had recently taken a seat on the federal bench. Kimmer endured the grueling Senate nomination process, the dinners with Congressmen and heads of state, and Thomas' sordid affairs. Through all of this, Kimmer felt that she had missed out on many of the richest experiences of life. But it was too late to think about that. Kimmer and Thomas were expecting and had just moved into 1616 Kalmia Street, a dashing residence that sat perched atop a hill just off of 16th Street in Upper Northwest DC. They chose this neighborhood for its safety, and more importanly, to keep their children away from the "Darker Nation" that lay to the east of 16th Street.
No bull. That's almost exactly how it reads. I had to put it down.
Franklin Frazier book Black Bourgeoisie is one of my personal favorite books with regards to early black wealth. Many of these upper class blacks pretty much copied or imitated white elites. They weren't necessarily accepted as equals by their wealthier white counterparts, but didn't quite fit into black society norms of the time period. Sort of reminds me of the present state of my life. Do I assimilate into social norms? Or retain my individualistic mind frame? I think the second option is best for me. I tend to possess an internal locust. So I tend to identify with self-more than fitting in with the status quo.
It's appalling what's going on with Black wealth in America.
Whereas, since 1983, White median wealth has gone up or remained fairly constant, Black
median wealth has declined by nearly two-thirds. And this is AFTER Blacks had barely nothing to begin with compared to Whites. There was a destruction of Black wealth during the Reagan/Bush years, a recovery during Clinton, followed by another destruction during Bush 2.
Is it institutionalized racism, or something more sinister?
For all the "bling", "black money", Rozay, and "black card" images that the media portrays, the facts tell us that reality is nothing of the sort, and is far more disturbing. Whatever gains were made through the civil rights movement seem to be squandered because something is still not right.
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