you have to shift the culture.
I used to head up a black walls street organization. It was an interesting and educational experience. The thing is that the original black wall street in Tulsa was forced to actually have an economy where their money circulated. Racism and segregation created the environment for this.
However, it cannot be overlooked that the people didn't all start off in poverty and thrived by this method. BWS requires investment and ownership. It was two black men who were already wealthy, who invested in Tulsa and created businesses and those sparks were like lighting a fire with flint.
Now, I'm not so sure this is even the right strategy.
Of all people, Jay Z is in one of those rare positions. He's a talented businessman. And when I say that I'm not saying he's talented in music and he's a businessman. I'm saying that the brotha has business skills. That's what we need. But you also have to have leverage. And Jay Z was able to leverage one successful business in order to get a stake in something bigger ie Cashapp.
It was actually Paypal that really got Elon started toward where he is today. When you can create something and then leverage it... it's kind of like the Rich Dad Poor Dad method of moving up to larger and larger assets. My thing is we all need to leverage our positions AND money and get ourselves into higher positions of power so that we can create positions for our people and make sure they get taken care of.
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