This event began 10/16/2025 and repeats every year forever
@ProfD
19 hours ago, ProfD said:
I attended the Million Man March. It was great to see so many positive AfroAmerican Black men of all ages; fathers and sons, uncles, cousins, etc., from all over the USA standing together in fellowship.
exactly
19 hours ago, ProfD said:
A great financial investment opportunity was lost post-Million Man March.
19 hours ago, ProfD said:
To your point, there was no long-term plan or follow-up after the Million Man March.
amen, I can only add one thing , the designers of the million man march, the nation of islam/farrakhan have to be blamed for the lost opportunity + no long term plan or follow up.
And I can see why , cause though I have no proof, I will gamble a reshare online that, the nation of islam + farrakhan saw the million man march as a membership drive. Which in my view is a dysfunctional plan but I can see it with them. the Nation of Islam's primary problem from the time of malcolm has always been that they are membership first help second. Malcolm was help first, help second. Malcolm didn't feel a black person had to be a nation of islam member to be helped nor did the black populace in the usa need to revolve around the nation of islam and his exile i argue gives proof to my point.
Black men in modern times were not going to all join the nation of islam through this event.
19 hours ago, ProfD said:
Black churches are missing a huge investment opportunity considering they collectively receive $10-$19 billion dollars per year.
A fraction of that money could go into building a Black banking institution. A source of wealth that could be used for other investments.
I second you again, and instead of a bank, why not a credit union. again, banks by law have a more complex legal situation which is designed to be challenging. Credit unions are simpler to start, more simple in their financing.
I will even go further and say, with most black churches protestant, why can't they form a credit union where each black church is a member? they could had did that decades ago. Black churches + black colleges are the earliest black institutions in the usa post war between the states, 1865. The first time black people in the usa have some form of true collective freedom. So the fact that black churches don't have a financial institution made up of themselves is telling to their administration. They are in competition with each other to such a level, they can't unite.
In conclusion, and it goes to the same problem with the nation of islam, the black religious groups in the usa, are very tribal. Membership first, everything else second. I see this every sunday. In harlem today, with all the strangification or white reentry, the black churches still get their sunday folk who don't live in harlem to come in and wear their hats and carrying on. MEmbership first, everything else second. And I don't mind the tribalism. BUT, these same people then complain about the village all the time. If you are about your tribe so much that you can only help someone in the village when they are a member of your tribe, fine , acceptable, BUT bitching about the village is unacceptable when you aren't willing to help anyone unless it is for tribal gain. And they are not alone. When the HArlem EMpowerment Zone was started with Charlie Rangel , the house representative of harlem, a senior house member, black, supported by the clintons, only one black owned business in harlem got any money from that initiative, that was Mr. Copelands, who spirit flew years ago and whose restaurants have been out of business for years as well. He said so on a show called like it is with gil noble, also no longer on television as Mr. Noble, spirit also flew. I comprehend the white man runs the USA. But, 70/30. Harlem hasn't started any black owned nation wide franchises. I will apologize for Black Harlem. But that doesn't mean black owned businesses like Mr. Copelands, that were around for decades, couldn't be considered on equal footing, in the HArlem Empowerment Zone, by Black elected officials who all spoke positively of the Harlem Empowerment Zone. ... Said officials all also received alot of money for themselves... this is why SHirley CHisholm left... anyway, I don't mind tribes helping themselves, membership first. But, the black people need to do better speeches, from nation of islam/black churches/black elected officials who have failed to plan positively or effectively for the village, exposes that all three relate to the village as membership first, individualism second. Once you become a member of their tribe, they can do , if you are not a member, you are on your own and they are free to berate your failings, while never helping, even when they can.
