Trump Says Harris Vice Presidency Is ‘No Way For A Woman’ To Become President
President Donald Trump blasted the idea of a Vice President Kamala Harris, saying it would be “no way for a woman” to become the first female president.
“That’s no way for a woman to become the first president, that’s for sure,” Trump said during a campaign rally in Wisconsin, according to Politico. “And if a woman is going to become the first president of the United States, it can’t be her. That would rip our country apart.
“This is not what people want, as then she comes in through the backdoor. This would not be what people want, especially because it’s her.”
Trump seemed to be talking about the possibility of Harris becoming the president after succeeding Joe Biden. Trump has made attacking Harris a major part of his re-election campaign, repeatedly labeling former Attorney General Harris as a California liberal and among the most far-left candidates in the Senate.
The president has also claimed Biden and Harris are supporters of the defund the police movement and have ignored the looting and rioters amid anti-racist protests that have ballooned over the summer. However, both Biden and Harris, a former prosecutor, have made statements in support of law enforcement.
Biden said he supports redirecting some police funding to address mental health or to change the prison system, something even those in law enforcement have supported.
However, these haven’t stopped Trump’s attacks. During his Wisconsin rally Thursday, Trump called Harris a “vicious” candidate, referring to her clashes with Biden during the Democratic primary debates where Harris went after Biden on his support of the 1994 crime bill and his oppositions to busing programs.
Trump said Harris was the one “who treated sleepy Joe the worst,” using one of his many nicknames for Biden. “I said brilliantly he will never pick her. Because she was too terrible to him,” Trump said. “But she picked him and hopefully that’s going to be history. It’s not going to matter.”
Harris for the most part has chosen to ignore Trump and his attacks. She spent the week touring wildfire damage in California and in Philadelphia talking with Black business owners and greeting supporters outside of a hair salon.
Obama Announces New Memoir ‘A Promised Land,’ Covering Presidency
Barack Obama has announced that his highly anticipated memoir, A Promised Land, will be released later this fall and will go in-depth about the different issues and problems the former president encountered during his time at the White House.
According to the book’s website, the anticipated memoir scheduled for release Nov. 17 “will cover his “improbable odyssey from a young man searching for his identity to the leader of the free world” and “landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency.”
Obama tweeted the news earlier this week celebrating the milestone. “There’s no feeling like finishing a book, and I’m proud of this one,” he wrote. “In A Promised Land, I try to provide an honest accounting of my presidency, the forces we grapple with as a nation, and how we can heal our divisions and make democracy work for everybody.”
The new memoir will go into his presidency including selecting members of his cabinet to his thoughts on America’s strained relationship with Vladimir Putin.
“Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of ‘hope and change,’ and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making,” the description reads according to USA Today.
“He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.”
This Black Woman Entrepreneur Is Teaching Black Creatives The Importance Of Trademarking Their Brands
Black entrepreneurs face many unique challenges when developing and maintaining their businesses. They are also often at risk for trademark theft. Earlier this year, Shanae Jones, owner of Ivy’s Teas, found herself in a situation where she had to take legal action to protect her name and she alleges that a Colorado-based shop used her #TrapTea branding. Now, she is helping other Black women entrepreneurs protect their brands with her newly established trademark fund.
“After an experience with someone using my trademark to promote their business, I, for the first time, felt that comfort you get when the law is on your side. Knowing that I have legal protection and an attorney on my side to make sure no one can change what my business stands for is very comforting because overnight one bad move, one viral tweet, and everything you’ve built can be canceled,” explained Jones in an email interview with BLACK ENTERPRISE.
“It took a long time to make enough money to spend on a trademark, so the only thing I wish I had done differently was possibly trademark sooner,” says Jones. “I want others to see my story, see that I’m not sweating this issue, and follow in my footsteps. What would’ve been a tragedy for others who don’t have protected brands, is actually an opportunity for me to do some good for another Black woman entrepreneur with The Black Woman Trademark Fund.”
Jones teamed up with Buy from a Black Woman, a nonprofit organization that invests in Black woman-owned businesses, to help entrepreneurs fund their trademark applications starting in October.
“The Black Woman Trademark Fund is my way of giving back to Buy from a Black Woman, a community of Black Woman entrepreneurs,” said Jones. “With the fund, I have an opportunity to give another Black woman entrepreneur/creative the comfort I have. Hopefully, [other entrepreneurs] will never need it, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned in business—it’s that you almost never know what to expect.”
“It’s very challenging to run your own business. And the truth is that most of us don’t make much money,” she added. “When you add in other factors that may cause socioeconomic disadvantages, like being Black or being a woman, we oftentimes make even less. Trademarking your business name, logo, or tagline is extremely expensive.”
Members Of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Are Donating $19.08 To The Biden-Harris Campaign
Ever since it was announced that Kamala Harris would be Joe Biden’s running mate for vice president ahead of the November presidential election, members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. have been rallying behind the senator who joined the organization during her time at Howard University as an undergraduate. Now, members have been actively donating $19.08 to the Biden-Harris campaign.
The donations started earlier when the California senator was campaigning to be the Democratic presidential nominee and then dropped out, later joining the Biden campaign as his running mate. Since that announcement, members have continued to send donations with the exact number amount that represents the year the sorority was founded on Howard University’s campus.
“I’ve never seen people give in such a specific increment ever before,” said Clayton Cox, finance director for the Democratic National Committee to Roll Call. “The week after she was announced, I was getting one every 15 minutes,” says Cox. “It was that frequent.” Cox went on to say that the donations from all Divine Nine Greek organizations have been growing by the day.
“I still get notifications about $19.08 donations,” he added. “Every day, several times a day.”
Pre-Election Report Identifies 7 Major Forces Reshaping the U.S. Economy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
As the coronavirus continues to hurt the economy, a new report by the Kenan Institute shows what forces are changing the U.S. economy.
The report, Seven Factors Reshaping the Economy, explores the economic challenges and opportunities facing the nation amid the coronavirus pandemic and what many consider to be the most important presidential election in U.S. history.
With a clear understanding that there will be no return to “business as usual,” the report offers new findings and pragmatic solutions for decision-makers navigating factors such as changes in travel and migration patterns, accelerating shifts toward on-demand and at-home retail services, on-shoring and widening of supply chains, and a renewed focus on diversity and dismantling systemic racism.
Other issues include the upending of education and childcare and changes to healthcare and pharmaceutical demand.
Coinciding with the release of the the report, a press briefing via webinar will be held Tuesday, September 22, at 11 a.m. Eastern.
The webinar will include DeLisa Alexander, the executive vice president and chief people officer of Red Hat; executive director for the Kenan Institute, Professor Greg Brown; David Carroll, founder of Carroll Family Holdings; Professor Jim Johnson, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; and James Rosen, CEO, Artizan Biosciences.
Each speaker will discuss the report, the trends identified in the report, and how to tailor businesses to follow these trends and thrive in these uncertain times.
The report will be a living document, meaning each trend will be updated weekly and will be available on the Kenan Institute website.
Six months after the coronavirus hit the United States, businesses are still struggling even as some states have decreased their case numbers. New York, which has a coronavirus rate of less than 1% is still dealing with a $9 billion budget deficit, an education system scrambling to start the school year, and continued calls to defund the police, among other struggles.
White Utah Police Officer Charged With Felony Assault After Ordering Police Dog to Attack Black Man Who Had His Hands Up
Earlier this year in Utah, on April 24, as a Black man was being arrested with his hands raised as commanded by a white police officer, the officer ordered his K-9 dog to attack and bite the man. That white police officer has been charged with second-degree felony assault for his actions prosecutors announced earlier this week, according to USA Today.
The Salt Lake City District Attorney’s office has charged Salt Lake City officer Nickolas Pearce with aggravated assault stemming from the April 24 incident in which the police officer was responding to a domestic dispute call when he ordered his dog to bite Jeffery Ryans.
In August, bodycam footage of the video was released of the April incident that shows Ryans in his backyard as Pearce approaches with his dog.
“Get on the ground!” Pearce says. “Get on the ground or you’re gonna get bit.”
Several moments later, Pearce shouts “hit” to the dog and that’s when the dog starts to bite Ryans. The dog does so, several times, as Ryans is screaming out in pain. While this is taking place, Pearce commends the dog by saying, “Good boy.”
Ryans then says, “I’m on the ground. Why are you biting me?”
Ryans told The Tribune last month that he was confused by the officers’ orders as one told him to get on the ground while another ordered him to come to him.
“I wasn’t running,” he told the newspaper. “I wasn’t fighting. I was just cooperating. We’ve been through this. We’ve seen this. Always cooperate with the police, no matter what.”
“The Salt Lake City Police Department has been informed of the District Attorney’s decision to file criminal charges against Officer Nickolas Pearce stemming from the April 24, 2020 incident involving Officer Pearce, one of the Department’s K9 officers, and Mr. Jeffery Ryans.
“The Department has also received the report from the independent investigation conducted by the City’s Civilian Review Board.
“The Department takes the District Attorney’s decision and the Civilian Review Board’s findings very seriously. Both will be evaluated and taken into account as the Department is finalizing its Internal Affairs investigation.
“If Internal Affairs finds that Officer Pearce committed a policy violation, the Chief’s Office will follow the disciplinary process required under state and federal law. This can take some time, but we will carry this out as expediently as possible to bring a prompt conclusion to this matter.”
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J. Alexander Martin Continues Entrepreneurial Success With The Expansion of the FUBU Brand
It’s been eight years since we last spoke to FUBU’S J. Alexander Martin. Instead of slowing down, the successful entrepreneur has continued to thrive and expand, and not only with the FUBU brand. His businesses are still growing, with more on the way.
In an exclusive email interview with BLACK ENTERPRISE, Martin expresses how his business acumen keeps him going, how FUBU is involved with the Black Lives Matter movement, and how the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped him in his endeavors.
FUBU is not only still in existence but has expanded in many directions. What do you currently have going on and how are you able to keep the brand FUBU relevant and, more importantly, in business?
Contrary to common belief, the brand has always been in the marketplace. Yes, it’s true our market share has diminished over time but that is just the nature of doing good business.
We’ve restructured our business specifically relating to distribution. FUBU is primarily a licensing company. Taking advantage of what we stand on the principles and values of “For Us, By Us” and our dedication to the culture of hip-hop music. We have signed global licensing deals for men’s, ladies’, and kids’ apparel, which have rescheduled to launch–due to the COVID-19 virus–[in] fall 2020. We have collaborated with #BlackLivesMatter to create a line of t-shirts, hats, and hoodies. Meanwhile, you can visit our website at fubu.com for details.
Let’s talk about the FUBU Network. Do you currently have programming? What plans do you anticipate as far as growing the network?
FUBU network is my brainchild. I teamed up with Roberto “Rush” Evans, Terence Greene, Datu Fasion, and Kev Chen of Phoenix Digital and re-named the company For Us By Us Network. We have distribution on Comcast VOD, Roku, OTT networks, and our digital network, ForUsByUs.com. We also recently signed distribution deals with Verizon/Yahoo slated for late fall 2020.
Check out our fall lineup:
Lamar Odom & Sabrina Parr
Synopsis: After a failed marriage to Khloe Kardashian, basketball champion Lamar Odom is back at it for a second time with new fiancé Sabrina Parr.
BadAzz Boosie
Synopsis: Rap Superstar Lil Boosie is a father of seven kids and single. Can he manage being on the road and balancing his hectic career?
Spinning The Globe
Synopsis: Iconic female rapper Charli Baltimore has two beautiful daughters, one a model for Ford and the other a DJ, but will their egos clash as fame grows?
Boxer Wives
Synopsis: Boxing royalty Zab Super Judah, is trying hard at taking care of his family, but things take a twist when his ex-wife and current girlfriend try to co-mingle as one happy family.
I Wanna Be Heard
Synopsis: We hear the horror stories but see it up close and personal with the artist who doesn’t get the correct credit they deserve.
In My Closet
Synopsis: You want to live like the rich and famous? First, you have to play the part. Come take a look at some of the best closets of these celebrities.
Chopping It up With Oakley
Synopsis: Cooking plus great conversations. How could you go wrong? That’s what you see when entering the kitchen of basketball great Charles Oakley and his megastar guests.
Tell us about HotelFUBU, FUBU Radio, and Daymond John.
HotelFUBU is a boutique hospitality brand innovation that was founded in 2015 by myself, Carlton E. Brown, and my chief operating officer, Cecily R. Groves.
Combining more than 30 years of professional real estate and commercial development experience, hotelFUBU represents the new millennium of real estate innovators utilizing technology and lifestyle branding to debut new concepts for a new era of consumers and communities. We currently have three locations in development in NY Times Square, downtown Brooklyn, and South Beach Miami.
Keith Perrin started FUBU Radio out of frustration of hearing the same 20 songs played on terrestrial radio. He wanted to be able to also have a voice in the community as well as uplift, educate, empower, and entertain our audience with music and life-changing content.
He started the station in 2015 with a monthly listenership of 2,000 listeners and has grown FUBU Radio’s base to over 6 million listeners a month with 3.6 million new listeners.
FUBU Radio currently has 10 radio shows with hosts on-air each and every week.
FUBU Radio signed a partnership deal with iHeartRadio a year ago and are working on another partnership as we speak with Radio.com
FUBU Radio’s fan base is worldwide with listeners in the UK, USA, South Africa, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Netherlands, and Denmark who tune in regularly.
While Daymond John is on his eight season on the award-winning show Shark Tank, he also has a branding company called Shark Branding, a co-working space called BluePrint & Co, and continues to author bestselling books while selling out arenas with his Daymond John Academy series and his inspirational speeches.
We also have new licensees in the following categories: men’s, women’s, kids’, eyewear, suits, footwear, watches, bags.
How does the mind operate in terms of getting business done as opposed to when you first launched FUBU?
I talk about this in my new book, Building an Empire. You must think outside the box. You must follow your own vision. You must create your future. Don’t let your circumstance dictate your reality.
(Image: J.Alexander Martin)
Longevity is one aspect of business that keeps it successful. To what do you attribute the longevity of the FUBU brand and being able to branch off and create other aspects and businesses based on the company you and your friends started?
Always evolving and being in touch with your customer. We are the consumer so we know what we want. We are the narrative and the narrator at the same damn time! We are from the streets of Queens where hip-hop became mainstream via Run DMC and LL Cool J. We took urban fashion all over the world. The culture is our DNA. We wouldn’t be who we are, or have made such an impact without being true to oneself. We are African American Black men navigating in a country that thinks less of us. That gives us strength to keep going. As Black men we have to stick together. We are all we got! For Us By Us!!
What advice would you give to someone who wants to replicate the type of success you have and continue to have all these years?
My advice in any business is my startup exercise. I write down all the foreseeable obstacles in starting that particular business and I find an answer for each obstacle. After that’s done then I start my business. This practice makes you pragmatic, allowing you to pivot when the market changes.
This formula has helped us have staying power.
Was there ever a time when you didn’t think you’d be able to sustain your business?
No, businesses have life cycles. You may struggle financially, however, we built a movement based on the culture of hip-hop. If hip-hop dies, we die! Hip-hop has evolved as we have.
What’s next for J. Alexander Martin?
Due to the COVID-19 virus, I personally felt a need to help by using my business relationships in distribution and manufacturing along with the plethora of contacts to help government, states, and hospitals obtain PPE products. I have been involved in successfully distributing over 1 billion masks to municipalities via my company, J. Alexander Martin Consulting LLC. I am SAM registered and I’m on the national disaster registry list.
I am on the board of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, [which] is dedicated to economically empowering and sustaining African American communities through entrepreneurship and capitalistic activity within the United States and via interaction with the Black Diaspora.
I’m the board member of the National Association of Black Professional Athletes. NABPA’s mission is to provide a global platform for black professional athletes to come together and unite to be an impact on social justice reform and outreach to underserved people of our communities.
I’m the managing partner of Greenpoint Capital, a middle-market consulting and advisory firm that helps both public and private companies secure equity/debt capital, form strategic partnerships, help with staffing needs, and with mergers and acquisitions.
Michelle Obama: ‘When We Were in the White House, We Could’ve Never Gotten Away With Some of the Stuff That’s Going On Now’
On the latest episode of The Michelle Obama Podcast, the former first lady states that based on how the current president has run his administration as opposed to how President Barack Obama handled his, that as Black Americans, they “could’ve never gotten away with some of the stuff that’s going on now” in the White House because our “community wouldn’t have accepted that,” according to The Hill.
The latest episode was the season finale of The Michelle Obama Podcast. It was released on Wednesday with her guests, her older brother, Craig Robinson, and their mother, Marian Robinson, in an episode titled “Family Ties: On Raising Kids with Craig & Marian Robinson.”
The family members were discussing race and what is expected of Black people in the world we live in when it comes to expectations.
“When Black folks, you know, what a lot of folks who are not in our position don’t understand is that, this is such a way of life,” Obama says, “When it comes to interacting with the rest of the world, it doesn’t matter, you know who you are, and what kind of values you have, you know, nobody, thinks about, you know, the fact that we all come from good families that are trying to teach values.
“But, when you leave the safety of your home and go out into the street, where being Black is a crime in and of itself. We have all had to learn how to operate outside of our homes with a level of caution, and fear because you never know.
“And we grow up, having to have conversations with our children, because almost everybody I know has had some kind of incident where they were doing, just minding their own business, but, living Black, and got accused of something.”
Obama later discussed how Black people have to do better based on the perception of people outside the community.
“You’re taught people are gonna assume the worst of you. So you’ve got to be better than, you’ve got to be 10 times better than. And when we were in the White House, we didn’t, we could’ve never gotten away with some of the stuff that’s going on now. Not because of the public, but our community wouldn’t have accepted that.
“You worked, you did your best every day. You showed up. And we did it in the White House, but there are people and jobs all over this community, all over this country, all over this world, who are doing this same thing, because that’s how we were raised. We have to be better, to just be, equal, so, the fact that there are people out there that treat us less than, when we’re working so hard to be better than, that’s where the pain comes from.”
The Icon Jersey 2.0 Kaepernick retailed for $150 before selling out in under a minute.
“Four years ago,” according to a statement on the Nike site, “Colin Kaepernick first took a knee to peacefully protest against systemic racism and social injustice.
“In the years since, he’s used his platform as an athlete to help advance the liberation and well-being of Black & Brown communities.
“Through his continuous commitment, the number 7 jersey has become an iconic symbol for progress and positive change. Colin and Nike team up together once again, this time with a Triple Black jersey, paying homage to the anniversary of Kaepernick seeking what’s true.
“True to each other. True to the movement. True to 7.”
Kaepernick, who was the starting quarterback in Super Bowl XLVII for the San Francisco 49ers in 2013, sparked the controversial #TakeAKnee movement after taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice in America. Eric Reid, a teammate of Kaepernick, also kneeled in solidarity to help bring awareness to racial injustice and police brutality against Blacks.
Samuel L. Jackson Keeps Promise To Teach People How To Curse In 15 Languages If They Register To Vote
Actor Samuel L. Jackson has kept a campaign promise of his own for the upcoming presidential election. He posted on social media on Tuesday, “Listen up, if 2,500 of you head to my HeadCount link to make sure you’re #GoodToVote, I will teach you to swear in 15 different languages,” said the talented thespian.
Earlier that day, Jackson posted this Tweet to try to encourage people to check their voter registration status or to register to vote.
Nov. 3rd Will be here before you know it! Go to https://t.co/wyyDD5xIGs to check your voter registration status or register to vote! Go now and you may get a very special “tutorial” from me! Every vote Counts! https://t.co/RUhqCjVJrd
And as promised, Jackson comes through as the goal is reached and he returned to Twitter on Wednesday to deliver his promise to teach others “to swear in 15 different languages.”
If you still have not registered to vote (even after Jackson’s incentive) and/or you need to check on your registration status, you can click on this link to do so.
This initiative is being headed by the organization HeadCount.
“HeadCount is a non-partisan organization that uses the power of music to register voters and promote participation in democracy. We reach young people and music fans where they already are—at concerts and online—to inform and empower.”
