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In reply to the discussion: 10 reasons Blacks were hung [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)more than ever in this increasingly racist society where they're judged just by the color of their skin which stops them from getting the better paying jobs. We've seen the documentaries and studies. This is no myth. It's real.
Our Black youth need powerful and successful role models to look up to, admire, so that a desire to "be like them" is bred inside them. Influential and wealthy Blacks can do this. They can join resources and open well-paying jobs for our youth's parents, help fund businesses owned and operated by Blacks. Our Black youth need access to good housing, parents who are happy because they have well-paying jobs and don't need to find three in order to make ends meet, quality education, access to good-paying summer jobs for them while they finish school and keep good-paying jobs when they finish schooling without being discriminated against - which happens more than we'd like to admit. Is it too much to ask to have a fair shot at life just like everybody else? Sadly, though, it's not happening now. Instead, all they get is blame and finger-pointing for circumstances beyond their control, and I'm effing sick and tired of it. Now's the time for wealthy and influential Blacks to step to the plate and create a nationwide Black Wall Street. They have the brains, the money, and access to make it a success.
I believe wealthy Blacks in our country can do a lot for their struggling sons and daughters since no one else seems to want to give them a fair shot. That's all they have ever asked for. That's all they desire: a fair shot at making it in life, for them and their families. This, in turn, will make those Black investors even more proud of their race as they see the good results that will come from being the great tide that lifts all boats.