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This young lady (the one on the right) is extremely talented. But you will never, ever see her in a Beyonce video. Perhaps she'd have a chance with straight blonde haired weave Speaking a hair colors. Our sisters have taken to wearing their hair on all the colors of the rainbow. I mean unnatural colors, for hair, like red, blue, and green. I've seen a number of young women with weaves that had the texture of yarn. The prospect of any woman wearing the hair "naturally" seems highly unlikely. I does not matter what Black men think about it. There's too much money in women's hair and marketers are far to clever and greedy. I see boys in high school rockin' hair doos that would put grown women to shame. It seems crazy to me that a 16 year-old would put that much time, and money, in their hair, but they are doing it... Oh yeah big up to Kendrick

@Delano , exactly! and the use of ignorance here is not derogatory! At least I'm not offended because money, banking and finance are not easy topics. Yes, home economics is and was a powerful tool. I benefited from it growing up - and I actually can feed my family on a budget, make their clothes, repair furniture and balance a check book to name a few things that fall under the umbrella - BUT what I could have benefit from early on is learning how to feel comfortable asking for payment when I share my IP with others. Understanding value and worth and compensation didn't come naturally for me. Coupled that with a system set up where a person of color or a woman are usually under-compensated, chances are it's going to be difficult accumulating and keeping wealth. If you are black woman, employers feeling justified to pay you 66 cents on the dollar they would pay a white man in the same position. And that's if you're hired in the first place. We see the same disparity in funding technology businesses founded by black women compared to black or white males. Just today, I read the U.S. Senate is going to vote (or may have already voted) to roll back consumer protections that insure that auto dealers don't charge minorities higher interests rates on their auto loans. Here in Georgia they just past a law where taxes are higher on used cars, than new. So put those two together and you penalized for not buying a brand new car and if you have to borrow then you'll pay a black tax too! I probably could go on - but I'll end with this - we know that most of our wealth is in real estate and personal home ownership. Yet, here's the catch, most minorities are regulated to areas where properties are undervalued because their owners are minorities. My home that bordered Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn sold for about $350 K in 1992 - My family's brownstone was in peak condition and even had a drive-in garage. Most of our neighbors were Black. Today, after gentrification and white flight back to takeover of Brooklyn, the house is in worse condition and the garage is gone... but the property is selling for $2 million. Even if minorities move to areas where the properties have a high value - those values go down if the balance of white-to-black ratio shifts... BUT If the real goal is wealth-building then we're going to need to invest that money into keeping education PUBLIC! This way all the schools don't become private forcing minorities to take out even more high-interest loans even sooner than college just to educate their children. If we really want to get serious about wealth-building then return state colleges to low-cost and free again. Then most young people will start employment accumulating assets on the job instead being $100-200k in debt before they get their first paycheck.

I do not believe 45 is a billionaire. I believe 45 is a bullshit artist. I would not liken 45 to PT Barnum, because Barum provided entertainment and never killed Syrians to distract us from his own BS. 45 is indeed a child in a fat, orange, old man's body I do not believe 45 is a genius or a brilliant marketer. I believe 45 has been bolstered by brilliant marketers, starting with the people who made him "relevant" again. I believe 45 will serve until the end of the year. It is highlighly likely he will complete his 4 year term -- unless his health or some nut takes him out first.

@Pioneer1 You've raised another perspective that I didn't think of when talking about Beyonce' performances and music documenting the black woman's experience in America - but since her mother was a hair stylist and owned a beauty salon , you're correct she even displays the aesthetic experience of black woman in America - one that she undoubtedly saw when visited her mother's hair shop. I know I did when I visited my aunt's beauty salon. Black -women have been donning blonde wigs (now weaves) for as long as I've been alive and definitely before I was born - because I've seen them in my familyphotos.. Still I can see from your perspective as a black man thinking that black women such as Beyonce are emulating the white woman look - but as a black woman I can share with you this is par for the course of black womanhood. We've adorn ourselves with crowns of all colors since times immemorial ... our crowns are our glory - and you're correct many of us do suffer psychologically when our hair ain't did. I think any woman who is trying to look like Beyonce is simply a fan... I wore a baseball cap and ponytail pulled through when Janet did Rhythmnation - in fact, a lot of us did. It's just fun. Now as for her light complexion - you already know we come in all colors sometimes right in our immediate family. My maternal grandmother was fair-skin with hazel-green eyes. I have cousins who are whiter than paper - and they had two black parents. I think the fact that she goes hard to represent black womanhood through all our stages - means a lot to young women. There's one young Black woman on twitter who went viral because she learned Beyonce's recent choreography from coachella - and executed it flawlessly. This young woman looks pretty much how you described those who might be harmed by Beyonce's aesthetics and all I saw from her was high self-esteem. Still you may see different cross section of young women in the black community so I can't speak to that with any conviction, Links: Twitter imbriyounce

@Delano Yes, it does and it doesn't discriminate either! A lot of people think it's too scary to invest or they don't have enough knowledge. I used a few hundred dollars to day trade and it was exciting. My method was purchase shares where I shop and pay attention - since the market is very emotional. Your suggestion is also an intuitive as well. With this new "tax reform" taxes are higher on earned income while it seems it will go easy on investment income. @Pioneer1 I absolutely agree and according to several reports inspired by #bankblack campaign there are at least 38 blackowned banks and credit unions in the united states as of 2016. There are even two black-owned banks in Detroit, Michigan Since the #bankblack campaign, black-owned banks such as the largest One United Bank boast $650 M in assets. It's not $2 TRILLION + chase bank type-assets but it's black-owned. I joined in on all the hype and this is my next bank for my savings account. Links: WatchtheYard.com 38 Black Owned Banks And Credit Unions: Putting Your Money Where It Counts Essence.com #BankBlack: A Listing Of Black-Owned Banks & Credit Unions In The United States Oneunited.com ONEUNITED PRESS RELEASES & MANAGMENT MX.com Money Summitt Biggest US Banks by Asset Size (2018)

When you suggested I get an education you lost me. So you can't give me any useful advice. But that doesn't seem to deter you. So I am going to remove myself from a dialogue with you.

Eventually, AfroAmericans will need their OWN financial institutions....banks and credit unions. Because no matter how much money you make, if it's stored in a White owned bank....they can cut off your access to it anytime they get ready and force you to sue them to get it back. Or they can sell your personal information or use your money without your permission. There are enough Black people in the United States that we can have a Black credit union in every major urban area. Ofcourse as long as you're in America the federal government (FDIC) has final say so over your money and can seize it......BUT the fewwer hands you have in your pockets the better.

Ofcourse. He didn't get to be a billionaire being a fool.....lol. He knows people and what makes them tick and how to push their buttons.

Investing in the financial markets has lower barriers to entry than real estate. And a better return however you can't live in your shares. They each have their pluses and minuses.

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