BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMCommunityCalendar NAME:RMCommunityCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Membership First\, Individualism for all others\, is the pro blem with tribes in the Black populace in the USA or greater humanity DTSTAMP:20251016T231309Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:543-7-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  @ProfD\n\n\n\n \n 19 hours ago\, ProfD said:\n \n\n \n \n I attended the Million Man March.  It was great to see so many pos itive AfroAmerican Black men of all ages\;  fathers and sons\, uncles\, c ousins\, etc.\, from all over the USA standing together in fellowship. \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n\n\n\n exactly \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n 19 hours a go\, ProfD said:\n \n\n \n \n A great financial investment opportunity was lost post-Million Man March.\n \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n 19 hours ag o\, ProfD said:\n \n\n \n \n To your point\, there was no long-term pla n or follow-up after the Million Man March. \n \n \n\n\n\n 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 te rm plan or follow up. \n\n\n\n And I can see why \, cause though I have n o proof\, I will gamble a reshare online that\, the nation of islam + farr akhan 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 pr imary problem from the time of malcolm has always been that they are membe rship first help second. Malcolm was help first\, help second. Malcolm did n't feel a black person had to be a nation of islam member to be helped no r did the black populace in the usa need to revolve around the nation of i slam and his exile i argue gives proof to my point. \n\n\n\n Black men in modern times were not going to all join the nation of islam through this event. \n\n\n\n \n 19 hours ago\, ProfD said:\n \n\n \n \n Black chur ches are missing a huge investment opportunity considering they collective ly  receive $10-$19 billion dollars per year.\n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \ n A fraction of that money could go into building a Black banking instit ution. A source of wealth that could be used for other investments.\n \n \n\n\n\n I second you again\, and instead of a bank\, why not a credit uni on. again\, banks by law have a more complex legal situation  which is de signed to be challenging. Credit unions are simpler to start\, more simple in their financing. \n\n\n\n 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 churc hes + black colleges are the earliest black institutions in the usa post w ar 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 a dministration. They are in competition with each other to such a level\, t hey can't unite. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n In conclusion\, and it goes to the s ame problem with the nation of islam\, the black religious groups in the u sa\, are very tribal. Membership first\, everything else second. I see thi s every sunday. In harlem today\, with all the strangification or white re entry\, the black churches still get their sunday folk who don't live in h arlem to come in and wear their hats and carrying on. MEmbership first\, e verything else second. And I don't mind the tribalism. BUT\, these same pe ople 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 vi llage 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 o wned 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 start ed any black owned nation wide franchises. I will  apologize for Black Ha rlem. But that doesn't mean black owned businesses like Mr. Copelands\, th at were around for decades\, couldn't be considered on equal footing\, in the HArlem Empowerment Zone\, by Black elected officials who all spoke pos itively of the Harlem Empowerment Zone. ... Said officials all also receiv ed alot of money for themselves... this is why SHirley CHisholm left... an yway\, I don't mind tribes helping themselves\, membership first. But\, th e black people need to do better speeches\, from nation of islam/black chu rches/black elected officials who have failed to plan positively or effect ively for the village\, exposes that all three relate to the village as me mbership first\, individualism second. Once you become a member of their t ribe\, they can do \, if you are not a member\, you are on your own and th ey are free to berate your failings\, while never helping\, even when they can. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CITATION\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/119 39-mejorando-la-raza/#findComment-76971\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251016 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR