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The Most Important Vote Is Reinvesting in Ourselves

Whenever I gain the opportunity to address a group of African Americans, I ask whether they routinely employ the services of a black doctor, dentist, attorney, accountant, insurance agent, auto dealer, florist, financial planner, caterer, or dry cleaner. Audience members, on average, use two of 10 such businesses. Even those with the highest scores generally top out at 50%. If you happen to achieve that same level, please don’t puff your chest out with pride—as I recall from my school days, 50 is a failing grade.

  • Education

Young, Gifted, and Black

Eight-year-old twins Brooke and Breanna Bennett (shown left), have spent most of their lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where they received a rigorous, hands-on education and teachers thought of them as gifted. Since returning to the States with their parents, Adeyela and Bradley Bennett, the twins—in fact, the whole family—have had a rude re-introduction to American racial segregation and educational politics.

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