Aggrieved
ag·grieved /əˈɡrēvd/ adjective, feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated ~ Google dictionary I heard a news report Tuesday, January 19th, that described the people who invaded the US Capitol as “aggrieved.” I’ve also heard that word aggrieved associated with many of the Trump supporters. As I thought about it, that word accurately describes so […]
Be the Lead, Example, and the Change Agent
When you know something must be done, do not expect someone else to do it. Now that’s a philosophy for life that works. All too often, we wait for someone else to do the things we know need to be done, things we should be doing ourselves. Whether it’s raising our children, cleaning up our […]
“You Can’t Handle the Truth!”
“…black hands, black minds, and black talent have shaped this country and impacted every thread of this American fabric.” As I was thinking about my blog for this week, I obviously considered the fact that this is February, the month we study black history. It occurred to me that I saw something on social and […]
The A G Gaston Conference Seeks to Elevate Black Entrepreneurship
A.G. Gaston, the embodiment of Birmingham’s rich black business history, will once again be celebrated at the annual conference hosted in his honor. The conference organizers have adopted the theme “One Vision One Cause: Elevating African American Entrepreneurship, as the focal point of the conference, understanding that blacks can achieve a more significant measure of […]
Inequality Hurts Economic Growth
Over the past 40 years, the American economy funneled wealth and income from pockets of the bottom 99% to bank accounts of the top 1%. This has obviously created a massive concentration of wealth and income among the rich, but it has always put this country in a precarious position. Now this problem is a […]
Our Own Worst Enemy
Well, this is unfortunate. On the heels of Black History Month, when we celebrate heroes and where I took the opportunity on several occasions to highlight giants in our business community, stark reality hit me. One of our problems, one of our biggest problems, is us. One issue I think we, as Black people, have […]
Oh Beautiful
“Oh, beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesty above the fruited plain. America, America God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.” Once again, those were words that we sang as children, and I’m sure in our relatively naive child […]
Being Black=Death Sentence?
Neither resisting arrest nor fleeing from the police is a death penalty offense the last time I checked. Unfortunately, too many black men are getting just that; they are getting the death sentence usually from one or just a few police officers without benefit of due process, a trial by jury of their peers, the […]
White Supremacy at its Finest!
Rick Santorum speaking to the Young Americans Foundation wins the dubious honor as being Breakfast Club’s “donkey of the day”. He said that America was nothing before the Europeans came over. I guess he failed history and bought into the theory that nothing existed before the white man touched it. In case you need reminding, […]
NAACP: The Trailblazer Award
I want to thank the Birmingham Branch of the NAACP for honoring me with the Trailblazer Award last week. I am honored to receive this award, and I want to take this moment to convey some of the thoughts that came to mind as I stood there receiving that fantastic piece of crystal. I’ve long […]