PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR EMPOWERMENT: THINGS WE CAN DO Develop economic empowerment strategies. A. Spend money with Black businesses B. Open Black businesses C. Develop a mastery of business and economics D. Tip Black waiters E. Buy real estate F. Black business owners, be sensitive to the needs and desires of Black customers. Mentor a youth. Black men marry Black women. Black people support your scholars and activists and artists. Volunteer at a school or after school program or recreation center. Join at least one organization. Volunteer at a center for abused women and children. Visit Africa. Use Facebook and other social media to post inspiring messages for other Black people. Introduce Black people to traditional African religions. Pull down your images of white deities and stop your hero worship of other ethnic groups. Organize study groups and think tanks capable of developing short term and long terms solutions to our problems. Buy a book from a Black owned book store at least once a month. Stop using the n word. Stop using the b word. Actively participate in jury duty. Never allow those who oppress you define for you who and what you are. Before criticizing others, tell us what you have done and are doing.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 21:13:30 +0000
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