Blog
Why Trump Lost The 2020 US Presidential Elections – A Non-Partisan Analysis of The Exit Poll Data
According to exit polls, the major reason that Trump lost the US presidential election appears to be that he suffered significant losses within his base, driven by a particularly poor performance with White male voters. Trump's share of male voters in general is down...
Racism has cost the US economy $16 trillion in the last 20 years — and will keep costing the country money if things don’t change
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/racism-cost-us-economy-16-trillion-last-20-years-2020-10 Since the start of slavery, racism has cost Black Americans an estimated $70 trillion. Today, thanks to centuries of discrimination, the racial wealth gap...
Racism has cost Black Americans $70 trillion since the start of slavery — here’s how that cost breaks down
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/what-racism-has-cost-black-americans-black-tax-2020-9 Black Americans face a staggering wealth gap. The most recent statistics show that, in 2016, a typical middle-class white family in the US had $149,703 in...
The Cost Of The Destruction Of Black Wall Street Is Up To $60 Billion In Today’s Dollars
According to some estimates, the economic value of the property destroyed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa Oklahoma, known as 'Black Wall Street, is about $26 million in today's dollars. That estimate is of course far too low. While there are currently no...
Why So Many Of Us Lack “Self” Confidence, “Self” Esteem, “Self” Love And “Self” Respect
The process of enslavement, colonization, and Jim Crow like regimes lead to the destruction of the “self” and the continuation of hyper oppressive policies and structures severally limits the development of “the self” in the generations that follow. This is...
Black “Firsts” Are Not And Have Never Been a Reflection of Black “Capability”
Black achievement or lack there of, says more about the practices and culture of the company, organization, or institution than it does about the individual.
‘The Black Tax’ and Tech: A Conversation at AfroTech 2019
Source: https://afrotech.com/the-black-tax-and-tech-a-conversation-at-afrotech-2019 The Black Tax — defined as the financial cost of discrimination against Black people in the American economic industry deserves its time in the spotlight. This theory developed by...
Forgiveness – A Concept That Is Widely Discussed, Poorly Understood And Rarely Practiced.
Forgiveness is a concept that is widely discussed, poorly understood and rarely practiced. For a person to “forgive” the following conditions must exist, (1) you must have been wronged and (2) you must have the power and ability to exact retribution. If you have been...
The Real “Captain America” was a Black Private in WWI – How Racism Dishonored the Extraordinary Valor Of a Black Soldier
The real “Captain America” was a Black Private in World War I Private Henry Johnson of Albany NY, was member of the all-black unit known as the “Harlem Hellfighters”. While deployed in France in WWI on night of May 4, 1918, Private Johnson (who was serving on sentry...
Suggested Reading on Race & Economics by Shawn D Rochester Author of The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America
These books will completely shift your thinking about race in America and put you in a better position to help develop the solutions that our country desperate needs.