Black In Business

Yesterday I recieved a shout out from a young black male college student. He attends one of our nations best and rich in tradition universities. The intelligent young man had read my post, “20 ways to know you are black in corporate America.” Check out the archives. My young brother was surprised that corporate America was as racist  as a top Ivy League University. Yes the corporate world is a lonely place and most blacks must sell out in order to make it. This gentleman wondered how I was able to spend 20 plus years in the corporate game. My answer is I was desperate but I tried to over come the haters by kicking their butts at every thing  I did. My goal was to be a star, a black one but one shining brightly.

I attended a white New England University like this one man. I found support in  my fellow black students but with all the hippies on campus, the racism was not as bad as today. Years of Reagan, Bush and son of a Bush have made racism ok today. It is all around us. I put this gentleman in touch with a couple of his unversity’s graduates. One is white and one is black, both successful and may be able to provides some good advice.

As fate would have it , I came across Liz Strauss at Successful blog today. Her advice on taking charge of your life is a must read. Much of these top 10 areas will enlighten students as well as business people. Lis’s compassion and eloquence is apparent  and noteworthy but the compelling aspects of this top ten list is her life lessons being shared. Have a look.

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