Every time this type of thread comes up all I end up wondering is who a lotta y'all be hanging around.
Title is inflammatory but he’s speaking on group economics in the black community from the part I clicked on.
Same shyt he’s been saying for years;
we’re great individually but we don’t come together for shyt.
He's not wrong when speaking on our inability to work together.
What work have you tried "working together" on? I can only speak for myself but I never once found the cause of a dysfunctional work environment/arrangement that I ran into to be because I dealt with other Black people. Sure, I've had work disputes, disagreements, etc. and ran across poor work ethic and unprofessionalism and etc. but those factors don't discriminate.
Now, what I
will say is that Black start-ups are not afforded the same level of respect within Black community spaces as other groups' start-ups are afforded within theirs. Any good start-up addresses a hole in the market... Black folks often want existing entities to fill the gaps way before they welcome/encourage someone new to do it.
Even then though, there are Black movements happening around the country that are growing that are supporting Black entrepeneurship and community building, InvestFest in Atlanta comes to mind immediately... I myself co-founded a Black film network here in Oakland and it's created countless opportunities for the 350+ & growing members in it since I started it 5 years ago.
You gotta be the change you want to see. Anything less is accepting how things are.