WORDS WE SPEAK - #6 Black Think Tank |
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Over the next two years
440,000 black inmates will
be released from prison. The State has no place to
put them as they re-enter society. A profitable business
would be - |
Think
Tank hosted by
Tavis
Smiley Here
are a few of the things learned at the Black
Think Tank Facts:
1.
The first Americans or
Native Americans going back 13,000 BC were black! Look up the
Folsom
people who lived in 2.
One of the best reasons to stop our use of
the term
African American and say Black. A white person
who was
born in 3.
Look up the Slavery
Law of 1665 (which stayed in effect until 1968) and the
Maryland
Doctrine of Exclusion (1638): both laws state
that blacks must be excluded
from the benefits
afforded whites
and that blacks must remain Noncompetitive with
whites, except in sports and entertainment.
[See, also, http://www.houseofrussell.com/legalhistory/alh/docs/virginiaslaverystatutes.html,
and http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011001&s=parenti]
4.
Two white men: Bill Gates and Larry Elision, combined have more wealth than
the combined
wealth of all 36 million blacks in 5.
Asians received 80% of all government minority set aside contracts. Hello!!
6.
Blacks eat more fish than whites by a 4 to 1 margin. For every dollar whites
spend on
fish, blacks spend $9 on fish. Fish sold
wholesale for
$1 will retail at $2.50 – $3.00.
Guess what business we should be in as
Blacks? 7.
There are no black owned national cables or major network television
stations. The
black woman who
owns our only black owned radio stations, plans to sell
to white
owners after hearing the deal Bob Johnson received for selling B ET. (Cathy
Hughes is from 8.
There are no black owned companies on the Wall Street Stock Exchange where
blacks own the majority
or controlling interest of the stock.
9.
Ninety-six % of all black inmates are men.
[See Angela Davis at http://www.fyicomminc.com/angela/angela5.htm]
10.
Over the next two years 440,000 black inmates
will be released from prison. The State has no place to
put them as they re-enter society. A profitable business
would be - Halfway
houses! 11.
In 1860, 98% of all Blacks in 12.
In 1860, blacks in 13.
For every dollar earned by a Jewish person,
that dollar touches 12 -18 Jewish hands
before it leaves
their community. For every dollar earned by a
black person
it leaves the community soon as he or she earns
it. [This may be an erroneous,
since Buying Black is a reality for many Sistahs and Brothas.] 14.
The last week of April 2003, in 15.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of all hate crimes in
Read
Powernomics
by Claude Anderson. It's our blueprint to create wealth, not just have a
job, but be a business owner, hire people, be listed on the stock exchange,
develop businesses to meet needs.
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