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Hello Mark,
Yes, white people can be members. In fact, we currently have or
have had white, asian and hispanic members.
Our desire to work with and for a specific niche segment of the
marketplace isn't racist at all.
If the chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, then we're
working to strengthen that weak link.
Black businesses have have been weakened and underserved for
years. They also have unique challenges that they face due to
lack of access to capital, racism and marketplace competition
for Black consumer spending.
We serve Black businesses by providing them with the resources,
tools, benefits and training that will help make them more
commercially viable or competitive in the marketplace.
We believe that as a result of our business sector being
strengthened, there will be less of the social ills that have
historically plagued and negatively impacted the Black community
and the country at large.
Black
business is good business.
We're building up ... not tearing down.
There are jewish business groups, Irish business groups, asian
business groups, hispanic business groups, italian business
groups, etc, that all form around their own self-interests.
Why is it considered "racist" when Black people form
groups around their own self-interest?
Is the NAACP racist? Is BET (Black
Entertainment Television) racist?
Black people are African in origin and so I assume that if we
called our company the "African Business Builders
Club", you wouldn't be offended. Or would you?
Due to historic issues of slavery, Africans have been scattered
across the globe and are not all in or from Africa any longer.
The term Black for us is inclusive and considers that historical
and geographical fact.
Your being offended and calling us racist shows your lack of
understanding of and sensitivity to these facts.
We are seeking to exclude no one.
We have been historically excluded for hundreds of years by
whites and others, and so when we now decide to do for ourselves
without asking for a handout or help we are deemed racist.
That's an interesting notion, but it has no basis in truth.
Mark, a "racist" by definition has the ability or
power to negatively alter or control the conditions and
lifestyles of a group by use of policy, law, government, force,
intimidation, manipulation, social persuasion, and media, etc.
Black people as a rule don't have such power to their avail.
We are more impacted by the racism of others than by any
so-called racist acts of our own.
Everyone is entitled to having preferences. Our choice to
promote Black business and any other business type is our
preference.
Your being offended by that is your choice. Whether it's a
preference of yours or not, I don't know, but the reality is,
groups of people tend to organize for themselves first.
We believe that when the Black
business sector is stronger, it will be more in a
position to help create jobs, provide marketplace solutions, and
be a stronger link in the worldwide business chain.
At this point in Black
business history we are not, however that will change and
it will be in the best interest of all people.
Thanks for your honest inquiry and opinion.
Peace and Blessings,
Lee Green
Lee
Green was an entrepreneurial visionary and a great leader.
He
founded
The Black
Business Builders Club and originally served as Executive
Director of the NBBTA, sitting as its Chairman until his
death in June 2011.
Mr.
Green gave entrepreneurial seminars in over a dozen cities
including New York, Los Angeles and Washington DC. He's
been interviewed by prestigious publications such as the
Washington Post, New York Times, Afro American, Chicago
Tribune , the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street
Journal.
He
held separate licenses in life insurance, securities,
mortgage brokerage and real estate and was registered as
an Investment Advisor with the Securities and Exchanges
Commission.
In 1983, he published the first "how-to" money
magazine targeted to a Black audience entitled, Financial
Independence Money Management Magazine, which at its
height was distributed in 44 states and 5 foreign
countries with a readership in the hundreds of thousands.
Until
his passing away he owned and operated several successful
businesses and was a source of inspiration and motivation
for many aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Everest
John Alexander is a Minister/Author/Entrepreneur with over
17 years business experience.
He
discovered Network Marketing in 1994; fell in love with
the industry and took his entrepreneurial pursuits online
in 1999.
He's passionate about the Home-Business Industry and
currently makes his living online through InterNetwork Marketing.
Everest John
Alexander ~ Email ~ 772-626-7579 (C)
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