tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post3079403447753534528..comments2023-07-16T03:58:42.088-07:00Comments on Acts of Faith In Love and Life: Buying While BlackFaith at Acts of Faith Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02150553143062604249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-47833720670393009212008-12-27T20:13:00.000-08:002008-12-27T20:13:00.000-08:00Welcome Rhonda:Thanks for stopping by. You bring u...Welcome Rhonda:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by. You bring up an argument thought by many. I've got about 10 yrs on you with no emotional or financial support and I lost my job so I think I can speak for the average Black person when I say this: there will always be an obstacle and if we're looking for one we will certainly find it. <BR/><BR/>The time has come to step up to the plate and leave mediocrity behind. Are you saying no Black person can make it because they don't have family money backing them or due to the 'evil' white man's deeds? <BR/><BR/>We have numerous examples of people in our history who not only got by but lived well during much more perilous times than these.<BR/><BR/>Are these kids you mentioned doing their 'homework' or waiting for someone to write them a check? When you have an idea for a business you can go to the SBA for FREE advice and research funding sources, write a biz plan and get a mentor. Have they done that and are still being thwarted? Somehow I doubt it. <BR/><BR/>I don't see where I failed to connect anything. I am saying it's time to move on though. Now some people are weak and don't have it in them to succeed. Is that nature or nature? Something out of their control or their choice? <BR/><BR/>I for one am finally getting it that it takes a certain drive, focus, and wisdom to navigate through racist constructs and it isn't a given that we all know how but we can certainly learn if we are willing. So black people can either acknowledge their strengths and act accordingly or wallow in the muck but when we've got undocumented workers from foreign countries coming here with ZERO money but a will to succeed then you have to ask why are the home grown Negroes doing worse now than before the Civil Rights Act passed? <BR/><BR/>If it's mainly due to racism then certain Black people are doomed. <BR/><BR/>I do have to thank you for even bringing this up because I slip into this negativity and have been fighting changing my mindset permanently. It's little baby steps. The more people that do it, the better off more people will be!Faith at Acts of Faith Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150553143062604249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-57635463351067136442008-12-27T14:44:00.000-08:002008-12-27T14:44:00.000-08:00I agree with much of what you have written but you...I agree with much of what you have written but you like many have made the mistake of being unable to connect institutionalized racism and internalized racism to its results.<BR/><BR/>Its called cause and effect. <BR/><BR/>You speak of a boogeyman but I hear nothing of a society whose institutions are deeply influenced by race and class privilege. There is so much evidence to prove that. <BR/><BR/>I give credence to the belief that what we must fix now are the effects of insitutionalized race and class privilege and centuries of subjugation, inhumanity and economic deprivation. The solutions lies within us. It lies within our use of innovation, imagination and pride as tools of empowerment.<BR/><BR/><BR/>However, I have a problem with people who put the blame of all of the tribulations of blacks in America on the backs of blacks when much of what was endured is a result of what I mentioned above. This is an old practice that has been going on since Emancipation when whites and middle class and upper class blacks would claim that poor blacks caused their condition and that they were free to lift themselves out of their sorry situation. There is much evidence to prove this. Our country has long denied the issue of race, class and gender. They chose to blame those who have to bare the brunt of our lopsided social stratification. Its like those who blame women for being raped. Nonetheless, this is not the only movement that needs to take place. <BR/><BR/>Yes we can encourage blacks to start businesses, this has been going on for decades. While there are great numbers like the growth in black female businesses, many have been locked out of this avenue to wealth simply because they do not have the captial or support to do it. YOU NEED CAPITAL! I know young blacks eager to jump on the entrepreneurship bandwagon only to have everything dashed because they did not have the capital to get where they needed to. It is easier said than done. I know this because I started my own business at the age of 19. However I came from a wealthy family who accumulated most of their wealth overseas. I got capital from my family members. I was able to network amongst other black who were already established. There are those who do not have that. That is why the advertising of such experiments and the use of the web will enlighten and bring many into something they have been locked out of. <BR/><BR/>Black interdepence was lost with intergration. I am not against intergration but the results of it are obvious to those who chose to see and think for themselves. <BR/><BR/>Of course none of this is new.RhondaCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893778198428146584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689654975245458947.post-88577465050931352182008-12-24T12:01:00.000-08:002008-12-24T12:01:00.000-08:00Good Morning!I am not condoning or supporting the ...Good Morning!<BR/><BR/>I am not condoning or supporting the Black church. I totally agree with you. Look how people were duped into supporting Bush. Except they weren't really duped - there's a lot of ignorant people out there who never question anything. I did find this article and I thought it tied into themes behind the efforts of the Ebony Experiment. It's not the only way though.Faith at Acts of Faith Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150553143062604249noreply@blogger.com