The owner
Now check out their site, gallery and tell me as a black person how you feel about this
http://theshrinechicago.com/main.php
I'm losing faith. 
one of the best post I have read on here in awhile.
If all what you dumb nikkas is saying is true then we wouldn't be having this thread to begin with...
Yes business is a learned skill, just like football and basketball is a learned skill, but naturally we are more athletic then others hence why more of us excel, and naturally others are better acclimated to having business sense hence why they are excelling.
And to the dumbass talking about Oscars,..i already said we have a natural talent in being entertainment .. but your Oscar argument doesn't answer why Telemundo does better numbers then BET as a network..
And i have cousins from Baltimore the work in major marketing firms.. i not saying no black person can succeed in business... but the numbers do lie in the situation.
We can't even sell our own music.. you all seen that video of Bobby Shmuda jumping around like a monkey on a table... Thats the sad reality..now as soon as you two accept whats real, then we can start to move foward and find solutions to the problem...
Unfortunately too many black people act like you two and act as if there is no problem at all... and its a shame.. we have so much talent that will never be tapped into because of ignorant pride
yep....used to
Do you post on cybereagles btw?
great post. For some reason when a black person has the audacity to suggest that change must start with OURSELVES, they're often called a "c00n"
. You are 100% right. "Black Pride" is at an all-time low, while "self-hate" is at an all-time high. We need a resurgance of black pride. We need the Black Fist to make a comeback
I agree with bold either that or if you tell them to start improvement on themselves in a financial sense it becomes "bootstrap" talkgreat post. For some reason when a black person has the audacity to suggest that change must start with OURSELVES, they're often called a "c00n"
Everybody needs to read this post twiceWhether they bring their best and brightest or not, they are still coming to America to seek opportunities.. opportunities that could have been better afforded to an African-American with the requisite level of education.The problem is (as I have made mention of already) that by and large African-Americans are the least educated group in America. The system is one that favors a certain ethnic group over then other, but it is still a system that can be maneuvered through if you play the game. Either way you want to look at it, education is still essential.
Now we can delve in to socioeconomic aspects of the discussion where it can be pointed out that schools in black areas are generally inferior to schools in white areas, but that's a separate matter entirely. It's not that black people are necessarily "accepting less", it's that black people have been conditioned to accept the status quo and are under the false assumption that their circumstances cannot change. When you grow up in the 'hood' you are ingrained with a 'hood' mentality which generally rewards hypermasculinity and eschews intellect, where the most respected individuals are the guys that are feared on their blocks or are 'making money' (of course there are many people who have come out of such circumstances, but they are in the minority). There is no reason other than 'mentality' and a lack of a stable household where a child would choose to forego education to commit acts of crime and risk his life in the process. A person that has been taught to pride himself in academia would seldom make such a decision. We need to be better educated, and deeper levels of morality need to be instilled in the younger generations coming up. That begins in black household.. The more you look at it, the more you see that it's a vicious cycle.. one problem is responsible for the other.
Anyway, interesting discussion.
