2nd Edition OVERVIEW
I choose this title for the second edition of my blog becasue many argue all the time that blacks are not united but it is clear to me that we are united in our Economic Enslavement. Yes, as we learned in the first edition, regardless of your financial standing as an individual you are still enslaved as a member of our race.
IN my first edition, 'Buy Black will not solve our Economic Enslavement' we laid out our case for explaining that simply supporting Black business would solve a greater economic dilemma that we find ourselves in worldwide, the inability to make our money and capital work for us instead of other races.
IN my second edition, African-Americans United by our Economic Enslavement, we will delve deeper into understanding our Economic Enslavement and how it is
impacting the lives of our race.
We spent 400 years in physical and mental enslavement here in America before it
was finally abolished. However, there has been no discussion about how people
of color have been and continue to suffer from Economic Enslavement. Africa
experienced colonization after the slave trade ended and the West no longer
participated in that evil business proposition.
Now, Europe turned its eye on a vulnerable continent and divided it up for
exploitation. Exploitation of the people, the natural resources and the knowledge and history of the people. Even after many countries began to liberate themselves from being colonized, the world witnessed well into the 20th century the last remnants of direct white control over Africans with the Apartheid system in South Africa.
Like when slavery ended here in the United States, blacks were slow to figure out
what all of this meant to them. Excited by the veil of ignorance and shame
having been lifted off their race they sought to enjoy this new freedom only to
run into new forms of prejudice in various forms of racism. Still, despite of the various challenges, we found a way to build educational institutions, churches and civil organizations that have stood the test of time.
While all of these institutions are vital to our race they pale in comparison to the
necessity of having the vitality of a strong economic system that is intertwined within the fabric of the U.S. economic system.
Many people often ask me, what is the difference between discussing black business and black economics? My response is very simple. When we are talking about business, we are discussing hundreds of jobs and when we discuss economic we are discussing thousands. When we talk business we are talking about millions in revenue and earnings but when you discuss economics then we are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars in capital and money flowing through our communities.
In this second edition, we will delve deeper in talking about distributions systems, capital, industry and jobs on a global scale and how it impacts our race.
For those new to the blog, you can read my other posts by searching under 'buy black' for the first edition. All comments welcome and appreciated. Let's learn and grow together.
Please encourage a friend to check out the articles. I will be writing one or two every month and continue my ongoing research on the topic.
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