Reginald Lewis' widow speaks about the importance of their daughters identifying, connecting, and being proud of being African American
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Rest in Peace to Lawrence Otis Graham who made Lewis aware of, and helped to plug his children into those networks.
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I didn't realize Loida took over TLC Beatrice and McCalls Patterns after Reginald died. First time hearing a wife of a CEO taking over her CEO husband's businesses instead of someone who came up through a line of succession within the business. Interesting.
Also, certainly a point to be made that she integrated J&J. People forget, it's a black woman's organization, children are just the beneficiaries. The black mothers would've had to vote her in. I think it's rare, even today, for white women to be voted in as members. But there are many male legacies who have white wives and they may want their children to have the experience they had so we may see more of this in the future.
LOG certainly had an impact. RIP to him and Reginald.
Also, certainly a point to be made that she integrated J&J. People forget, it's a black woman's organization, children are just the beneficiaries. The black mothers would've had to vote her in. I think it's rare, even today, for white women to be voted in as members. But there are many male legacies who have white wives and they may want their children to have the experience they had so we may see more of this in the future.
LOG certainly had an impact. RIP to him and Reginald.
Didn't all his daughters marry CACs?
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Interesting, thanks for posting. A great family and legacy. Rest Mr. Lewis' soul.
But posting this in TLR, man I hope you ain't trolling. Cause you know what's bout to happen
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I am in a suburban J&J. We have one or two White moms and PR mom. Also a few moms with White or Hispanic husbands. I think we are one of the few in the Philly area with that kind of representation but it is a mostly White county so people are more flexible in dealing with non-Black spouses. Not sure this would fly as easy in big city chapters, ATL, DMV, etc.
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Dude worked his ass off becoming the first black man in America to run a billion dollar business (the vast majority of his employees were white btw) just to turn around and marry Asian and have his kids marry white
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I remarked in the other thread that I think they both married well. What she did after he passed away is a testament to that. They were an unconventional power couple.
*I get a kick out her referring to him as Mr Lewis, and never by his first name. I don't know if that's her personal way or if it's a Pinoy cultural way to refer to the deceased.
Whatever reservations/objections the J&J women might have had towards her, it would have been hard for them to turn away the networking opportunities and access to such a transcendent man and his family. For them and their husbands.
I remarked in the other thread that I think they both married well. What she did after he passed away is a testament to that. They were an unconventional power couple.
*I get a kick out her referring to him as Mr Lewis, and never by his first name. I don't know if that's her personal way or if it's a Pinoy cultural way to refer to the deceased.
Whatever reservations/objections the J&J women might have had towards her, it would have been hard for them to turn away the networking opportunities and access to such a transcendent man and his family. For them and their husbands.
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You're welcome.Interesting, thanks for posting. A great family and legacy. Rest Mr. Lewis' soul.
But posting this in TLR, man I hope you ain't trolling. Cause you know what's bout to happen
As far as TLR, or other subforums...there's a lot of bad energy on the board. Negativity and ignorance.
People are always going to be who they've demonstrated themselves to be. I just use the ignore list and try to keep it moving.
All this highlighted. Also of note both daughters did marry white husbands. However, I believe the youngest and her husband adopted two black kids.
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This is a TLR-ism that was mentioned in the other thread. Guess it will always come up no matter how many times the first two points are addressed.Dude worked his ass off becoming the first black man in America to run a billion dollar business (the vast majority of his employees were white btw) just to turn around and marry Asian and have his kids marry white
In 2023, in terms of %s there are still very few Black people operating in the highest levels of his industry. The ones who are there are incredibly brilliant men and women. Many who walked through doors that Mr. Lewis opened. Not just figuratively, as he and his widow used their fortune to create multiple avenues and pipelines in multiple industries. Including at his HBCU alma mater Virginia State U. , and at Harvard.
When Mr. Lewis was putting his deals together in the 1970s and 1980s, he was the Black pioneer on that level. The "vast majority of white employees" you're referring to are the people who made up the team he assembled to acquire Beatrice. Lilly white industry.
TLR dudes imagining that he could conjure up Black people in an industry and level where he himself was a pioneer, is a joke. Once he got Beatrice and all the international companies it held, all those workers around the world were his employees. If you believe the "vast majority of them were white", more power to you.
"Run a billion dollar company to turn around and marry Asian" is a timeline that's off. He married her in 1969. Built his career with his wife's support, then hit the financial World Series walk off home run in 1987.
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I thought his point was more about his daughters stepping over his legacy to be with white men.
This nikka could have had any beautiful woman in the world but he married and left his fortune to a zero curved, big headed( some type of of Asian
) that looked like a goddamn lady boy