We as blacks in America have a long way to go, but we do have
more going for ourselves than our parents, or forefathers. It
has been said it takes a village, to raise a child. But do you
see yourself as part of the village, or just your own little island?
We have better education opportunities, a higher standard of living,
and access to more information. My question to my brothers and
sisters what are you doing with all the things you have. Do you
keep it all for yourself or do you share it. Some of us have learned
how to work the stock market, do you share that ability with other
brothers and sisters that do not have a clue about stocks. Now
others of us have moved up the corporate ladder. Do you see this
as opportunity to pull others brothers and sister up. Maybe you
have Clarence Thomas Syndrome about this; I have arrived and be
damned about my brothers and sister. It is a memory lapse disease,
for which the only cure is a hard cold slap of reality probably
by God himself.
We as a people need to take a look at the Jewish community, Arab community, and the oriental community. All these communities really have the village concept. They stick together, in almost everything. Not just in talk, but action. The band together and form business, not only that but they are their own distributors. They will mostly buy their goods to sell from one another. In our black stores, and business it cost us a lot more to buy product from each other. The main reason my brothers tell me this is so, is because the high cost it cost them to stock their places of business. Well my question to that is humbug. If you form a consortium, and buy together you can buy more at one time and drive the cost down. Not only, that but it gives you power and advantage in the market place. I have a background in purchasing; I know this to be very true. The more you buy at one time, and the bigger your buying block, the more respect, and better pricing you will get.
We must begin to understand the power of money, and what it can afford. We as a people are one of the biggest spenders in America, but we get very little respect, and power for that. Now if we could put that money back into our villages, what do you think would happen? We could have better communities, better schools, and safer communities. Our neighborhoods are not unsafe because blacks live there, but because property lives there. We can make our own selves rich, if we look within our village, and use the resources we have. Let us not rob the village, but build it.
By: Chris Brown
Copyright ©March 03, 2001
We as a people need to take a look at the Jewish community, Arab community, and the oriental community. All these communities really have the village concept. They stick together, in almost everything. Not just in talk, but action. The band together and form business, not only that but they are their own distributors. They will mostly buy their goods to sell from one another. In our black stores, and business it cost us a lot more to buy product from each other. The main reason my brothers tell me this is so, is because the high cost it cost them to stock their places of business. Well my question to that is humbug. If you form a consortium, and buy together you can buy more at one time and drive the cost down. Not only, that but it gives you power and advantage in the market place. I have a background in purchasing; I know this to be very true. The more you buy at one time, and the bigger your buying block, the more respect, and better pricing you will get.
We must begin to understand the power of money, and what it can afford. We as a people are one of the biggest spenders in America, but we get very little respect, and power for that. Now if we could put that money back into our villages, what do you think would happen? We could have better communities, better schools, and safer communities. Our neighborhoods are not unsafe because blacks live there, but because property lives there. We can make our own selves rich, if we look within our village, and use the resources we have. Let us not rob the village, but build it.
By: Chris Brown
Copyright ©March 03, 2001
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