End Jim Crow Segregation at Oakland Restaurants, Say Activists

[Savvir]

Poor in oakland

coo... i grew up on 99th and macarthur... not poor per se... but no resources were passed down to me by my parents...

if you are already an adult...

apply for compsci courses at merritt...

get the fee waiver for unit cost

it'll still hit you for around $70-$80, but you'll be able to work with financial aid on getting that covered.

You should also take out a student loan of about 5k just to keep you eating while you going to school

Take classes that focus on web/graphic design

after you knock out a few prereqs you can move to jquery and javascript and develop a deeper understand of various CMS platforms (joomla, wordpress etc.)... this is the main point

after you have a bit of knowledge of both, you don't even have to finish to get a degree

Create a company name, use the money you have from the loan to get your llc (~$200)

create company website

use some of the schoolwork as examples of client work on the website.

Don't portray yourself as a solo developer, have verbiage that insinuates you have a team.

Hit craigslist for simple wordpress websites, jquery programming, and general graphic design work for small business..

Grind... and expand...

This is pretty much exactly the thing I did, except I moved to Long Beach from oakland and then enacted the same course of action

I have an office in Beverly Hills with 2 interns and I'm working on opening up a graphic design spot on fairfax at the beginning of next month.

Anybody who is broke and willing to grind and follow those steps will eat quick...


Thats just one course of action

 

[Savvir]

oh wait.... I said besides being a business owner huh...

follow the same steps, but instead after you build a portfolio... apply at web startups in the bay

easier than managing clients yourself... but less money in the long run

 

[The 2020 New Member]

Why is there any black person NOT trying to start their own business? Even if it's small.

 

[Savvir]

Why is there any black person NOT trying to start their own business? Even if it's small.

because working for other people is the best way to learn the game....

plus most businesses fail..

better to get your finances straight on somebody else's gamble

 

[The 2020 New Member]

because working for other people is the best way to learn the game....

plus most businesses fail..

better to get your finances straight on somebody else's gamble

That's still part of the process of starting your own business, tho.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

coo... i grew up on 99th and macarthur... not poor per se... but no resources were passed down to me by my parents...

if you are already an adult...

apply for compsci courses at merritt...

get the fee waiver for unit cost

it'll still hit you for around $70-$80, but you'll be able to work with financial aid on getting that covered.

You should also take out a student loan of about 5k just to keep you eating while you going to school

Take classes that focus on web/graphic design

after you knock out a few prereqs you can move to jquery and javascript and develop a deeper understand of various CMS platforms (joomla, wordpress etc.)... this is the main point

after you have a bit of knowledge of both, you don't even have to finish to get a degree

Create a company name, use the money you have from the loan to get your llc (~$200)

create company website

use some of the schoolwork as examples of client work on the website.

Don't portray yourself as a solo developer, have verbiage that insinuates you have a team.

Hit craigslist for simple wordpress websites, jquery programming, and general graphic design work for small business..

Grind... and expand...

This is pretty much exactly the thing I did, except I moved to Long Beach from oakland and then enacted the same course of action

I have an office in Beverly Hills with 2 interns and I'm working on opening up a graphic design spot on fairfax at the beginning of next month.

Anybody who is broke and willing to grind and follow those steps will eat quick...


Thats just one course of action

Cool story for you, but it's not realistic for a lot of people.

 

[Savvir]

Cool story for you, but it's not realistic for a lot of people.

why is it not realistic?

 

[Savvir]

That's still part of the process of starting your own business, tho.

if you want to start a business you have to begin by training your ceo (yourself)

so everything from elementary school to the summer jobs mowing lawns to whatever steps you follow in my post... are all technically part of running your own business...

working for another business is the best way to understand how business is run.

 

[The 2020 New Member]

if you want to start a business you have to begin by training your ceo (yourself)

so everything from elementary school to the summer jobs mowing lawns to whatever steps you follow in my post... are all technically part of running your own business...

working for another business is the best way to understand how business is run.

I totally agree. I'm just saying that it can't be overstated that every black person, especially in an urban environment, should not be focused on their own company. Also, you can learn from black owned companies and entrepreneurs. Facts are facts. Brown people are discriminated against. The only way to change the system is through actually planning and action. Moreover, the folks that do catch a break in the current system tend to not want to topple it. So all that learning from others stuff often turns out to just placate people. Your ideaology is on point but my opinion is that it's better to teach yourself. No matter who you are. But hey...that's not for everybody.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

why is it not realistic?

You can't take your personal situation and claim that it could apply to everyone.

Same as a rich person saying "all I did was......." Then claiming its doable by every one else.

 

[Savvir]

You can't take your personal situation and claim that it could apply to everyone.

Same as a rich person saying "all I did was......." Then claiming its doable by every one else.

I'm not applying my personal situation to "everyone"

somebody said blacks only have three options....

I disagreed, and asked for a socio economic status and stated a SINGLE option that would be viable...

I'm not trying to individually name every option available for millions of poor blacks...

I'm merely piinting out a single option that CAN apply to a poor black adult male....

The fact that I started "poor" in oakland and got to where I am today using this method PROVES that it is possible for some

If I had listened to the "you only have 3 options" logic then I'd be broke or in jail right now.

At least admit there are more options out there... even if blacks don't know they exist.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I'm not applying my personal situation to "everyone"

somebody said blacks only have three options....

I disagreed, and asked for a socio economic status and stated a SINGLE option that would be viable...

I'm not trying to individually name every option available for millions of poor blacks...

I'm merely piinting out a single option that CAN apply to a poor black adult male....

The fact that I started "poor" in oakland and got to where I am today using this method PROVES that it is possible for some

If I had listened to the "you only have 3 options" logic then I'd be broke or in jail right now.

At least admit there are more options out there... even if blacks don't know they exist.

Obviously there are other options. You could have joined a circus.

But in the context of talking about poor black as a whole and opportunities available to them. Those three are what people have

 

[Savvir]

Obviously there are other options. You could have joined a circus.

But in the context of talking about poor black as a whole and opportunities available to them. Those three are what people have

hmm...

if a young black brother walked up and asked you for advice on getting out of poverty

you would look at him like ... "you have no options...you're pretty much doomed brah"

if a young black brother walked up to me and asked for help getting out of poverty

I would sit down and try to drop game on routes I've seen work out...

just a difference in mindstate.... the mentality that you're doomed is self fulfiulling

trying to make it in america as a black man is hard

trying to make it in america as a black man who thinks he has no options is pretty much impossible

 

[MeachTheMonster]

hmm...

if a young black brother walked up and asked you for advice on getting out of poverty

you would look at him like ... "you have no options...you're pretty much doomed brah"

if a young black brother walked up to me and asked for help getting out of poverty

I would sit down and try to drop game on routes I've seen work out...

just a difference in mindstate.... the mentality that you're doomed is self fulfiulling

Giving advice is very different from analyzing the cause of a situation.

To the individual, yes you try your best to escape the circumstances.

When talking about an overall course of action society should take, you should be addressing the circumstances.

Saying "it's possible" to overcome is not the same as saying "it's probable"

 

[Savvir]

Giving advice is very different from analyzing the cause of a situation.

To the individual, yes you try your best to escape the circumstances.

When talking about an overall course of action society should take, you should be addressing the circumstances.

Saying "it's possible" to overcome is not the same as saying "it's probable"

if its possible... who cares about whether its probable...

you are using talking points like you are arguing with a racist who is "blaming" blacks for their own problems...

I'm using the thought process of talking to my people to push them to pursue success

give me a room full of 100 brothers... I'm gonna have at least half of them eating if they want to listen

give you a room full of 100 brothers... they gonna leave feeling more hopeless than when they arrived

the overall point of my post is to define money making avenue, develop skill through available training, pursue work and gain experience., push to maintain income...

thats really the only way to make money for 90% of the population black or white...

thats not even mentioned in the 3 options listed before..