Battle Creek Black Men's Economics
Money Interviews
Black History in America, relative to capitalism, (considering money, finance, commerce, materialism, wealth, and all things associated). Success in today's society, does it look the same for surviving family members of slave owners as it does for surviving family members of slaves?
Which generation would be best suited to make a living in today's society, the surviving relatives of slaves or the surviving relatives of slave owners? Is it possible that the slave ownership of families from (5) centuries ago is still financially sustaining and providing for generational offspring currently living locally in Battle Creek, Michigan, and other places in society?
"Conspiracy Theory" in perspective, is merely an ideological concept that can cause a conscious individual to discredit the truth.
Attempting to stay free as a black man growing up in inner-city Battle Creek is a job, black folks were tortured and killed within the scope of the employment duties of law enforcement officials throughout history, including modern times, individuals who hate the existence of black folks were able to execute hateful, malicious, animalistic acts against a race of black Americans, hiding behind the law, the government, and uniformity. Have these types of occurrences disappeared from society, or have they been hidden beneath government law, policy, formality, and all aspects of structured professionalism as shaped by the regulation of governing in the U.S.?
Conscious of the status of black citizens in the local Battle Creek inner city urban community. Regarding money? Based on the ideology that everyone has the same opportunities for success, why is it that on average, the majority of black folks living in inner city Battle Creek have less in money, tangible assets, and things associated than non-black races of individuals who do not live in the inner city?
Considering slavery, and the many disadvantaging ways that slavery affected black folks and the growth and development of the black race. Black folks in the slave era, Jim Crow era, and the civil rights era represented the majority in society when regarding imprisonment, sickness, poverty, starvation, and death. Black folks haven't truly advanced in today's society regarding productivity. Black folks in inner-city Battle Creek and around the globe continue to be the majority represented regarding imprisonment, sickness, starvation, poverty, and death, coincidence or conspiracy?
During the slave era in America, the U.S. dollar was designed to reflect picture images of black slaves picking cotton which served as a reminder to black folks in America how instrumental the labor of black slaves was in structuring the system of currency and finance. However, these images reflected on the U.S. dollar were removed. Underlying the overall manufacturing design of the U.S. dollar was modified. Cotton-based material was newly introduced as the design and manufactured base of the U.S. dollar. Depending on the individual, and either willfully chosen or dictated belief one could interpret that the cotton based, U.S. dollar is symbolic, representing the (skin) or the lives of the black slaves in America who were forced involuntarily to grow and cultivate cotton, which was one of the main commodities used to structure the landscape of the U.S. society. During the slavery era in America, black slaves served as tools and instruments for labor. Furthermore, black slaves served as money/currency. Providing a whole different meaning for the phrase "blood money". Are we as human beings making purchases with money, or are we buying what we can afford in life with the skin and blood of people who died from forced involuntary servitude? When and how will this issue be rectified for blacks in America? If so, does this happen through government action, through law, politics, professionalism, or by some other facet or function of American society?
Do black folks' bank accounts in financial institutions generate the same on average as non-blacks?
Considering the "Race Massacre" the murderous acts of terror committed toward black folks in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1950s. Does this serve as proof that black folks in Battle Creek, Michigan, and all other locations in the U.S. have no actual opportunity to establish a sustaining system of finance and wealth in America? Respectful of government, politics, professionalism, and all aspects associated with America? Are black people only able to accomplish, achieve, and succeed in the least manner? Or is this pending on who's judging the situation?
Young Vs. Old. Do both generations possess the same knowledge and understanding of money?
Does money help or hinder the black race?
Considering the concept of Black Wall Street, will Black folks truly ever establish generational wealth?
