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the history of black people did not begin in chains but the hisotorical relationship black people have to the usa did begin in chains. In the same way native american history didn't begin with being slaughtered but the historical relationship native americans have to the usa began with being slaughtered. non dos blacks or non indigenous don't have this problem. their historical relationship to the usa began with dreams of a better life. The problem is that their will always be a significant, at one time majority populace of black people in the usa who have a well earned negative relationship to all the usa is or the white people in it and that has never been able to work with black people who choose , absent historical basis, to integrate positively or peacefully into the usa or aside the whites in it.
Brother Malcolm's quote is to remind black people in general that we are more than our experience in the usa, BUT he wasn't trying to deny that the experience in the usa for black people is majority negative,always.
Too many black elected officials or black financial aristocrats in the usa have tried to use malcolm's words to suggest a sort of ignorance or laziness in the larger black populace while ignoring the true problem with the majority of the black populace in the usa. the true problem is most blacks are simply angry at whites plus the usa and unfortunately, their anger has never had an outlet. so blacks who have chosen not to be angry have only suggested , for their own benefit, a change of mind.
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malcolm is correct, but i think the problem isn't black history from the beginning of time as much as black history in the usa, the question is simple, based on black history in the usa, should a black person feel positive to /want to integrate to /be happy about the usa or the white in it? I argue no is the all the questions based on history alone and i think most black people in their brains know it. I challenge anyone to tell me one year in the usa where most black people had a reason to be happy or hopeful? The answer is none.
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in the history of the usa, i can't recall one year where most black people were happy or hopeful? the history of the usa for most black people's bloodlines begins with and only had chains
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HBCU's are due a lot but their story reflects the complex relationship the black populace, specifically the Descended of enslaved branch, has within itself or the usa.
I am happy for the HBCU in Tenneesee and all the other similar colleges or universities in the usa who after over a century and a half of unwarranted nonviolence from the black populace to the white populace or the usa government itself aside the death of many black people/communities/dreams/individuals at the hands of whites, are getting some due for themselves.
It still doesn't recover the past of pain after the war between the states or the past of pain before, but I am happy the black people who wanted this got what they wanted in their way.
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where are the black elepahnts, the black republicans? what i find funny about this issue is HBCU's are the oldest black non secular organizations in the usa, the oldest organizations to the Black DOS community and yet, black elephants who talk so loudly about what black people don't do seem absent to help black organizations that have no negative or violent role.
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My three attempts at sexy, hopefully Coolbean will convert them into one of his gems:)
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Guava
Entrepreneur Kelly Ifill presents banking opportunity
by ARIAMA C. LONG Report for America Corps Member / Amsterdam News StaffMay 9, 2024
Guava, a banking hub for Black entrepreneurs and small business owners founded by entrepreneur Kelly Ifill, is as unique as its name suggests.
Ifill launched Guava in 2021 with a vision of putting small Black businesses on a pathway that would lead to generational wealth and economic change. The company takes inspiration from her family’s entrepreneurial experiences with racial disparities and unequal access to capital in the U.S.
Ifill, 37, grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, with her grandmother and mother, who would later become deeply instrumental in pushing her toward a better education and opportunities. Like many in the neighborhood, her people originally hail from Trinidad. Her grandmother was a proud entrepreneur who owned a cleaning business. Ifill said she and her relatives all took cues from her grandmother, seeing her as a role model who normalized the idea of working for oneself early on in their development.
“My mom created a space for me to explore as a child,” said Ifill about her mother’s influence. “Especially as first-generation Americans, a lot of us don’t necessarily have [that] right. We have to be a doctor or lawyer. She obviously had high expectations for me, but I was definitely able to explore different things and try things that sparked the foundation of the creative, allowing me to be an entrepreneur.”
Ifill joked that as a child, even though she had many positive role models who were business owners in her family, she was wary of dealing with the difficulties that came with running a business as a Black woman. “I was like, ‘That looks hard, I want a job,’” she said with a laugh. “But here I am.”
Ifill initially became an educator in the city’s public and charter schools, taking an interest in technology along the way. She went on to earn an MBA at Columbia University. After business school, she worked in the venture capital sector for a few years, in educational tech, helping connect startups and emerging companies with funds.
“Again, it came back to my grandmother, my cousins, my uncles, and knowing that more entrepreneurs looked like them than the folks that were getting millions of dollars,” Ifill said about the disparities she witnessed. She began working on laying the groundwork for Guava as a result. Her ultimate goal was to use her bank and networking system to connect local Black businesses to critical resources that they need to survive and thrive.
The company name reflects her cultural origins. “I love guava specifically, and when we were doing the naming exercise, it started off as a little bit of an inside joke,” she said, explaining how her company came to be named after a tangy tropical fruit. “And the more that we stuck with the name, it really fit what we do and how we do it. I built Guava to serve Black and Brown entrepreneurs and as a fruit, it signified the process of growing together and that sense of community.”
Ariama C. Long is a Report for America corps member who writes about politics for the Amsterdam News. Your donation to match our RFA grant helps keep her writing stories like this one; please consider making a tax-deductible gift of any amount today by visiting .
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The lynching of Jesse Washington.
Washington was beaten with shovels and bricks,was castrated, and his ears were cut off. A tree supported the iron chain that lifted him above the fire. Jesse attempted to climb up the skillet hot chain. For this, the men cut off his fingers.
Jesse was 15.
1916.
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A question of who is the wealthiest through a prospective psychological pageant P.P.P.
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prince mural photo from vera fuertes molina - back of brownies dry cleaners in eastpoint atlanta
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Continue the story of Sapphire's Desire
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