| Let's all be real folks. Money is a serious issue for the | | | | With all that being said an obvious question would be |
| overwhelming majority of people in America (And | | | | where are the Black/African American owned |
| probably the world). Childcare, Healthcare, housing, | | | | businesses? Now, I'm not purposely excluding White or |
| automobiles and ill-informed decisions can cost us all a | | | | European American owned businesses, but this |
| fortune over the course of a lifetime. The taxes & | | | | country was founded by White Americans who |
| utility bills are ridiculous as well. | | | | mastered the art of business a long time ago and |
| There are many ways to save money (which I do | | | | continue to pass it down to their heirs (brilliant). But, |
| address on my radio show sometimes and will | | | | honestly where are the Black owned businesses? |
| continue to address in future columns) but, what about | | | | Although it's true that Black Americans own more |
| opportunities to increase your income? Rather you | | | | businesses now than ever before, I still believe that |
| have a Masters degree, a Bachelors or just a High | | | | Black Americans are more concerned about |
| school Diploma/G.E.D, America is still the place where | | | | consuming products and could care less about |
| anyone can seize income opportunities as well as | | | | becoming suppliers (except for drug dealing, which we |
| create them from the ground up. | | | | have mastered). And I do not consider owning a |
| Before the 1970's the opportunities for "Black | | | | Record Company that puts out violent and negative |
| Americans", women and any "non-white male" were | | | | music a good business. |
| non existent. Today they are infinite for anyone that is | | | | It puzzles me that Black Americans do not support |
| willing to put in the work. Although much of the time I | | | | Black owned businesses, churches or African |
| lived in New Jersey I was praying that my car didn't | | | | American Functions in general. Much of this can be |
| get stolen, there was enough time for me to | | | | contributed to a lack of knowledge, punctuality, |
| acknowledge and admire the way Americans "up | | | | professionalism and competence in black owned |
| north" seized opportunities and were not afraid of | | | | entities. |
| putting in the work needed to excel in life. Now, I'm not | | | | Not only that but, Black business owners MUST STOP |
| one to worry about being Politically correct so it's time | | | | creating businesses that solely depend on the support |
| to take this column to the next level. | | | | of other African Americans. The reason that Hip-Hop |
| Although this is just my opinion, I have noticed that the | | | | Rap has been so profitable is for 2 main reasons. The |
| Chinese Restaurants & Korean ran Nail Salons | | | | first is because the negative Rap music is attractive to |
| are expanding and even flourishing throughout the | | | | everyone as is anything that isn't considered righteous |
| Midwest and Northeast. Latino Americans have many | | | | (Good is bad and bad is good). And the second |
| stores & delis that are staying in business | | | | reason is because of the variety of consumers. Not |
| predominantly due to the support from other Latinos. | | | | just a particular "race" of people (Hip Hop is global |
| Rather legal or illegal, you must respect the fact that | | | | folks!!). |
| Latinos support Latino owned businesses. | | | | |