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Originally Posted by bennew55
but why doesn;t one hear more about what these so called prominent folks are doing in the community besides bullshit charities or gimmicks like paying someone's bills for a year. how come you never hear about oprah or rob johnson(ok BET credit for that ... now you have a ton of dough... so now what?) or anybody doing anything substantive in the black community? after all these people are worth tens of millions up to 100's of millions of dollars of dollars yet i have not heard of one "substantive" thing that any of them have done to support their own. i am not talking about charities. i am talking about creating the kinds of institutions that would economically empower the community. for example banks.
maybe they keep their investments low profile but i have a sneaking suspicion that they are not doing anything. e. stanley oneil(over one hundred million net worth, **** parsons, very high net worth) so what are you doing with all that $$$ that society gave you? rockefeller created the university of chicago as his legacy and numerous banks. why cant you mf's do something like that?
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have you ever heard of One United Bank? i had driven by/lived by several branches for years before i found out that it was the country's largest black owned bank. and i know arsenio hall has sent 10 kids to college, but anyway i feel you. however i think that what would be really great is if most of our celebrities would band together and invest en mass in one or more projects that would benefit the entire community. i'm talking about going down to haiti to bring food for one, or setting up an investment pool that would loan money to start small businesses within the Community. i think many of them already do give back but not only do the general public not know about this but they do it on an individual basis.