Thank you, Bro. skuderjaymes and others for handling this dude. He had a great idea, but he was shady.
I recognize that this is a discussion board and many of us have busy lives outside of this community. I was excited before old dude burst the bubble spitting hate, ignorance and lies. But still, I wonder whether Black people could really pull something like this off--not the scam--but a true community such as this guy described.
What would it take? What would a 21st century community built by Black people for Black people look like? What would be some of the essential components necessary to build it, sustain it, live in it and protect it? Just how appealing is a concept like that to others here?
I look at the premium members here and compare it to the number of people that visit here every single day--to engage by either contributing to the body of knowledge or taking something away that may be changing lives for the better. I often wonder why more of us aren't financially contributing. I'm not judging people that don't...but I still wonder.
$10. By today's standards, not a lot of purchasing power but if combined and invested properly maybe it could make a positive difference for those of us who really want to be a part of change to uplift Black people in America and around the globe. Some may struggle to but many of us could scrape together $10 without much of an effort. What sorts of things do you think about or appeal to you when it comes to
spending your money?
We have very intelligent people here. People with a variety of skill sets that could be a benefit to such a community building concept. We could grow our wealth. We have the means to do it. Something like this would not be appealing to the naysayers, or the lazy thinkers and never-doers. But that's okay, I think we can agree that we can't save all Black people. But, what about the ones who have said over and over again in a countless number of threads here, that something like this would be just what we need?
Start small...live by example...gradually expand when others become convinced that we can love ourselves, love each other, trust each other, protect each other, be free to be our own 'best friends.'