Web Link Hits      BLACK TAX: The Cost of Being Black in America with Shawn Rochester The Black Tax (which is the financial cost of conscious and unconscious anti-black discrimination), creates a massive financial burden on Black American households that dramatically reduces their ability to leave a substantial legacy for future gener 548      BLACK TAX: The Cost of Being Black In America" - Shawn Rochester: He examines the various costs associated with being Black in America, as well as what the Black community and concerned advocates can do to help close the wealth gap. 512      Black Community Suffers Massive Economic Structural Deficit, Pt 1 - Rahim Islam Black community dominates every negative demographic(poverty,incarceration, health,academic achievement, unemployment,underemployment) and ranks “dead” last in every positive demographic (jobs,business creation,wealth, income,business growth) 633      Black Community Suffers Massive Economic Structural Deficit, Pt 2 - Rahim Islam Black people have faced the worst enemy humanity has ever confronted: White Supremacy. 450 years,350 years of chattel slavery; 100 years of KKK, Jim Crow, segregation,discrimination. 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We are discussing why everyone should support black-owned busi 1586      7 Economic Actions to Support Black Communities Structural racism in the US extends beyond policing and includes economic inequality that is driven by centuries of racist practices and policies, starting with slavery and extending through the present, exemplified in current practices like redlinin 376      How Unequal (income, wealth and opportunity) Can America Get? - Robert Reich Robert Reich, a visiting professor at the UC, former U.S. Secretary of Labor talks about the inequality of income, wealth and opportunity in the United States and asks his audience to speculate on what will happen if these trends continue. 621      Growing A New (Black) America: Investing In Black Communities & Increasing Economic Capacity Thomas W. 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He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Operation Hope and the Bryant Group Companies and The Promise Homes Company. 459      Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class Consumer spending drives 70% of the American economy, but too many people have too much month left at the end of their money. Bryant shows how we can create a thriving economy that works not just for the 1% or even the 99% but for the 100% 472      Blueprint For Black Power - Amos N. Wilson, Ph.D This video explains the importance of thinking about Nation Building. It also talks about the psychological or mental health of the person. We call it the spiritual health. 558      WEALTH GAP: How America's Structural Racism Helped Create the Black-White Wealth Gap The black-white wealth gap is a product of intentional systematic policy choices. The only way to correct this wrong is to make intentional systematic changes in response. 428