Black In Business

We see the effects of race and racism all around us. In the States most opinions can be different as day and night depending on if you are black or white.Remember the different reactions to the trail of the century when OJ,{A man so famous, no last name is needed} was accused of murder, White folk were shocked at the reaction of most blacks to the  jury’s decision. Not Gulity!!

We just had a young bride groom not to be, silienced to death by the New York city police shooting fifty gun shots into  the bride groom’s body. Most blacks I encountered, expressed outrage. Many whites wondered what the black, bride groom not to be, did to cause New York city’s finest to over react.

I went to a book signing the other night for a best selling black author.He said racism no longer matted. Now it was my turn to be shocked, the crowd mostly black, well dressed and professional, seemed to agree. Members of my family feel the same way. The future for business will find a shortage of talent. Employers will not be able to last if they are unable to embrace inclusion.There seems to be a shift in the black community to want to get pass racism.

Even thought the rantings of Kramer did not offend me,I was not there, If I was, I would have visited the stage and kicked his butt. I was sent an article, in which the author states, the word nigger is not as bad as thinking blacks have inferior brain power. Check out the link below. It offers facinating debate on this topic.

Personality I think racism is wrong and harmful to our progress into the middle class and higher, but it will not go away.  We must find a way to win in spite of racism My futher feeling is as blacks we can descrminate, but we can not harm a race of people or be racist because we lack power. Whites in power can harm the black race and be racist. Lets not use raceism as an excuse but rather a motivation to be great at what we do.

http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/2006/12/defining_a_raci.html