Troy

From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom—at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabré ran with the wolves of Wall Street. Cin Fabré's memoir, Wolf Hustle, tells about her experiences growing up in an immigrant household and saving up so that one day she could escape her abusive father and poverty in the Bronx. Pulling back the curtain on the inequities she and so many others faced, Wolf Hustle reveals how Cin worked grueling hours, ascending from cold caller to stockbroker, becoming the only Black woman to do so at her firm. She indulges the excesses she took part in on 1990s Wall Street—the strip clubs, the Hamptons parties, the Gucci shopping sprees—while reveling in the thrill of making money. From landing clients worth hundreds of millions to gaining, losing, then gaining back fortunes in seconds, Cin examines her years spent trading frantically and hustling successfully, grappling with what it takes to build a rich life, and, ultimately, beating Wall Street at its own game. Read an Excerpt ▶ ****** Having worked the better part of my corporate career on NYC's Wall Street. One of the things I found most striking was the lack of Black people actually from New York City in revenue-generating positions. While I also grew up in the projects I wasn't in a revenue-generating position. I was in technology -- an "overhead" position, an expense. The big bonuses and lavish lifestyles were enjoyed by people who brought money into the firm. It wasn't that people from the projects were not smart enough. There are so many reasons why we are missing on Wall Street. This sister is a unicorn. 🙂

I was unaware of the Griot's efforts regarding WritingBlack. But it was a great compliment to ReadingBlack. The WritingBlack.com domain name is going for $2K+

Not only anesthetized it is how our economy functions. If people stopped buying shit our economy would collapse. I'll never understand why you are unable to untangle the concept of race with racism. I've been down this road before 🙂 Let me know how one can possibly deal with a response that says the Earth was "seeded" over a trillion years before the planet existed...

If they were reared in the rural south, maybe. But most of live in major urban centers, and I doubt any of us can survive more than a few weeks, especially if the weather is shitty. Besides it would be a life of constant work. Is that the way you wanna live, as if we were back in the 16th century?

@ProfD Don't forget bullets. Do you there is enough arable land in places like NYC for individuals to cultivate their own farms? What do you think people, who live in cities, large and small, should do in preparation for the eventuality you apparently envision? Also when you use a smiley face does that mean we should not take what you have written seriously?

Then why mention it in the context of this movie and in reaction to Pioneer's declaration that that is what this movie is doing? I am sure you can see why one would interpret your statement in the way that I have. Are you now saying that you disagree with about @Pioneer1's interpretation of this film and it's attempt to emasculate Black men?

@ProfD do you think the Dahomey were trying to "pussifiy" their men? I think you are confusing the depiction of powerful Black women in film with "a war on masculinity." Surely you do not think there is a lack of Black masculinity in modern cinema, do you? I think one can more reasonably argue that we should be more concerned with images of toxic masculinity than the pussification agenda you and @Pioneer1are asserting -- especially when it comes to Black men.

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Of course not?! This movie is designed to be entertaining. You can probably find a documentary about the Dahomey, if you are looking for something historically accurate. Still, this film will probably spur many people to learn more about the Dahomey and there is value in that. Don't you think? My friend, you are often too quick to dispense with the historical facts. They matter. Have you considered why the Dahomey raised an army of female warriors? Come on man! Think about the portrayal of Black people in film 60 years ago and you'll be able to answer your own question

@Pioneer1 one must ask, Have you seen the movie? Another Afrocentric Brother, who actually watched movie, recommended it without reservation. You do realize the Dahomey are well known for their all-female army which existed long before America was founded? What does that do to your theory of "...another attempt to brainwash Black women and influence them to be masculine and act like men. Especially Black girls."? Yes, Davis is a great actress 🙂

I watched everything called labeled star trek, star wars, marvel, DC, game of thrones, marvel, Chappelle, boondocks, etc etc. No, I'm not a fan of sitcoms. I used to be, but not anymore. I do like family guy and south park, but rarely watch them in favor of the stuff above (there are only so many hours in a day). I feel like I'm more laid back than "No Nonsense." I'm pretty easy to get along with, I don't create drama or cause scenes, in public, I don't try to draw attention to myself. I give my unsolicited opinions here I find challenging my ideas or those of others fun and interesting. In the real world, I don't get much of an opportunity to have a protracted debate with others without making someone mad or hurting someone's feelings. Maybe that is why I run the forums and participate in them. Truth is non-nonsense is not incompatible with laid back... I guess I'm a laid-back, non-nonsense, Brother -- that is Gin without the Juice @Delano but still laaaid back 😉 The people who claim this have the evidence. It is common knowledge that Trump got more coverage, driven by social media, than all the other republican candidates combined. Sure there were "many factors" that influenced the outcome of the campaign but most of them can point back to social media -- even how the flaws in the electoral college were exploited. How else did people learn about trump and what he had to say? The media mined Trump's tweets like they were gold, because they were! Free coverage for Trump

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What?! I had no idea! I’ll start with the current season; it was the old ones that turned me off

Now that is definitely not an attribute I’d ascribe to our local cynic. 😉 I’m surprised she skipped right past Cardi B, Meghan and Minaj

Black people build pyramids, white films say it was them, when that was disproven, then they claim it must have been aliens. i believe in extraterrestrial life, but I despite being on the history channel i could never bring myself to watch that show. Maybe I’ll revisit it (is it a new show, or if it the one that have been out at least a decade?)

Hmm… I wouldn’t describe myself as “sober no nonsense,” i need to think about that — even relative to you. @Delano what do you think about that? Life itself can provide interaction and loneliness. Life like the phone, it all depends on what you do with it. My phone does not have social media on it. @Cynique i am curious whether or not you believe social media had any impact on getting Trump into office.

I agree 100%. Despite The history of Black success being destroyed in places like Black Wall Street we are our own worse enemy. On one hand I believe in Pan Africanism on the other i believe in the unity of all people, but all people will never unify with all of these divisions class, race, and religion being just a few. Here at home, our culture is firmly rooted in the individual. The culture is simply not set up for us to optimize working for the benefit of the group rather than the self. This is why we are so easily explored exploited and the rich get richer. most people i believe are just trying to get through life with a modicum of comfort. They are not thinking about working to benefit the lives of other Black people or even the next generation. We, Anericans, can’t even hold our families together. How can we possible hold a community together. Personally, I would be down to try to do something, but organizing people is not my thing. In fact I’m not even really a participant in organizations. Ignoring this website, maybe just one of the masses just trying eek out a half way decent life for myself and my kids and don’t have much energy for anything else… but it something came along that i believed in i would be down.

It is an old story @Chevdove our media has always been biased on one level or another. It has just getting progressively worse in my opinion. The bias in the educational system is even more worrisome and is one of the motivations for me running the this site. Having a global perspective can help.

@richardmurray I don't understand why you won't share your take on the poem. These buildings are so tall now that they literary cast a shadow across Central Park. Two of these buildings are taller than the Empire State building really is unbelievable. It is wasted real estate as housing is still overpriced -- unaffordable for too many (including me). Pretty soon to even drive to these buildings you have to pay a toll. From a distance, it looks like the Borg (star trek reference) took over the island of Manhattan. @Delano If you visited NY you would probably be overwhelmed. The worse part is the homeless people everywhere. in my old housing project there are junkies all over the place1 it reminds me of the 70's.

Chev why would you apply the concept of race, something made up by racists a few hundred years ago, to non-homo sapiens sapiens? There is no scientific basis for applyinhg these terms to humans and I can guarantee you the Smithsonian did not do this in a single exhibit. Gorillas are dark-skinned does that make them Black? Some people believe this, then it becomes reasonable for them to assume that Black people are a more direct descendent of the Gorilla and therefore less evolved than the so-called white man. Of course, none of this is true, but our unwillingness to relinquish the concept of race makes it harder to ditch the flawed conclusions that flow from it. The blackout goes beyond the African presence in America prior to the European. The Greeks, for example, are considered the source, of western culture Herodotus the father of medicine, etc. However, it is commonly known that the Greeks learned from Africans. This has been known all along but never taught in American schools. Black kids are taught that Black history begins with our enslavement in America. Of course, when white folks are presented with the truth they reject it outright or disparage the scholar who presents the information.

Oh OK, I did not see the image of the poem on your page. The poem did nothing for me, so I did not comment on it. It probably went over my head. I think a better prompt would be for you to tell us what you think. What do you think? You were moved enough to share it; why?

This thread was the most popular page on the website this week, viewed thousands of times. I watched the most recent season of Star Trek Discovery since this post was made. Throughout the whole season, I kept thinking these guys are trying awfully hard to tick all the boxes. Seemingly every race, gender, and sexual orientation was represented. The was only one white male and he was gay with a Black partner (of course) The season culminated with the president of the Planet Earth being a Black woman (Played by Stacey Abrams), the leader of the earth defenses was a Black woman, and the commander of the starship enterprise another Black woman. The commander is already a character I did not care for very much, as we could not go a single episode without her crying which really got on my nerves... I had to ask myself why the creators of star trek going for so much diversity bothered me. I mean Star Trek was always diverse, but Discovery is different they are trying too hard and it showed. It is not like I feel bad for the lack of heterosexual white males on the show... Maybe it is the lack of heterosexual Black male characters. Actually, there is one straight Black Male (but he was not human, so I guess that is good enough). The "Brother" was killed in one episode, but brought back to life in the next one -- I guess they figured you can't kill off the only straight Black man. This has been going on for some time now. We have a Black spider man (thanks to the multiverse). On Broadway, I saw Black versions of The Wizard of Oz, Cat on a hot Tim Roof, and a Street Car Named Desire. Black faces have been absent from mainstream media for so long I'm not gonna complain about a period of over-representation (assuming that is what the data says).

Interesting video and dovetails nicely with my comments against social media's power. The quote from the video "whoever controls the flow of information controls the world." pretty much sums it up. I'm sure most Americans feel, as long as we are in control, who cares right?

Cynique, you and I both know you don't have to immerse yourself in something to know about it. I was never enslaved but I know it was horrible. Still I've been a user of Facebook since it was invented and I've read a great deal about it and social media in general. So while I won't say I'm an "authority." I know enough to recognize that it is not good for you. But if you like facebook enjoy yourself; I won't think less of you. I'm just glad you have the spare time to comment here from time to time. 🙂 Again NO! Twitter is absolutely NOT a microcosm of modern society. You can't possibly believe that. As far as delivering the world to your fingertips, whose world are you talking about? My world is woefully underrepresented on Twitter -- it is the reason very little on the platform engages me (same for facebook). I think the difference between you and I regarding social media @Cynique is that you dismiss all of social media media's negatives and extol only it's positives. I use social media, so I see some benefits. I just believe, net-net, the world would be better off without it. I firmly believe Trump's presidency would not have been possible without social media -- Twitter in particular. What do you think about the @Cynique (anybody) There is nothing that modern social media platforms provide that could not be provided without the powerful algorithms used to manipulate people. Yeah, I know you think the algorithm is just an over-hyped boogey man, but I take it seriously. I agree with this, but social media is FAR more powerful than TV could ever be. Social media pushes content to you 24/7. Social media is with you all the time. reading our social media feed is something many of us do with every spare moment; before we get out of bed and before we go to sleep. I can't tell you how many guys I see standing at a urinal scrolling through their phones. People seeming don't even take the time to reflect anymore, to be alone with their thoughts.