Black Underdevelopment: Observations and Recommendations

By Ron Watkins This is an excellent article! “Without commerce and industry, a people will perish” Marcus Garvey Racism and the effects of living in a racist society is the most common reason given by many Black leaders for Black America’s economic underdevelopment. This argument is no longer valid. Racism has, and will be a part of the human condition for the foreseeable future. The fight for civil rights has been won, and In today’s computer and communications driven global economy, the world is open to all willing to take the plunge. Then there are those who ascribe to the grand conspiracy theory. The belief that there is a grand conspiracy on the part of some white people to keep Black people forever enslaved. Full article: http://www.izania.com/forums/articles.php?action=viewarticle&artid=114 Thinking Globally Ron Watkins, Founder and Publisher PH: 773-768-5757; Email: aitca@sbcglobal.net

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In America’s Melting Pot, Blacks are the only ones melting. — June 2006 By James Clingman Jr. What will it take for Black people to stand up against centuries of unfairness and mistreatment? I know we’re tough and can take a lot of abuse, but c’mon brothers and sisters, we don’t have to continue proving our toughness by submitting to and even participating in the destruction of our own people. Where is Chancellor Williams when we need him most? Have we not been hurt severely enough? Are we still waiting for the crucial blow that will finally make us fight back? Well, the longer we wait the less effective we become, and the smaller and more insignificant we become as well. This melting pot thing has definitely played us for chumps. Every other group is doing its thing by building wealth for themselves. Black people are busy melting away, soon to become invisible and a “non-people” as Albert Cleage told us we would become if we continued down the yellow brick road of social integration without an economic foundation. Read full article and join the discussion on this topic here: http://www.izania.com/forums/showthread.php?s=ed1abd6c8df9af37b97f58c7518306b2&t=1231

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Black Underdevelopment: Observations and Recommendations

By Ron Watkins This is an excellent article! “Without commerce and industry, a people will perish” Marcus Garvey Racism and the effects of living in a racist society is the most common reason given by many Black leaders for Black America’s economic underdevelopment. This argument is no longer valid. Racism has, and will be a part of the human condition for the foreseeable future. The fight for civil rights has been won, and In today’s computer and communications driven global economy, the world is open to all willing to take the plunge. Then there are those who ascribe to the grand conspiracy theory. The belief that there is a grand conspiracy on the part of some white people to keep Black people forever enslaved. Full article: http://www.izania.com/forums/articles.php?action=viewarticle&artid=114 Thinking Globally Ron Watkins, Founder and Publisher PH: 773-768-5757; Email: aitca@sbcglobal.net