Did integration destroy black wealth?

Some say integration single-handedly destroyed black wealth and the black community as a whole. After slavery and reconstruction, black towns popped up all over the country and in spite of what they had just experienced with the barbaric and oppressive system of slavery, some of these towns thrived. Some of us know about Greenwood Tulsa Oklahoma (aka Black Wall Street) but there were other towns across the nation that suffered the same fate. Black towns thriving, working with one another, creating their own economy, only to be brutalized by whites.. both citizens and governmental entities. Not only was Greenwood burned down by local whites, it was also bombed. It took the dollar almost a year to circulate in the community, while today it takes only 6 hours. They say when black people got to do business with white people, they stopped doing business with each other. Now today, you hear black people go as far as to say they don’t even do business with black people (I know you heard somebody say that before). What are your thoughts? Do you think integration destroyed our ability to build wealth? I don’t believe that we can’t do business with everyone, but I do believe we need to be intentional about doing business with one another. Share your thoughts and share this post. Watch the rest of this talk online (it’s pretty amazing if I do say so myself 😊).

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