Monday, February 13, 2012

Men Lie, Women Lie – Numbers Don’t: The Financial State of African America

I was recently suggesting a viewing of Dr. Claude Anderson's speeches to some people. In line with that is this piece.

It appears that many of us simply just don’t know how BAD things are. We get blinded by a few and I do mean a few success stories and start confusing the exception to the rule as the rule. There is also the purveying confusion of many of us between wealth and income. That someone who makes millions is indeed a millionaire – even though MC Hammer & Mike Tyson remind us otherwise. So let’s take a look at some of the hard numbers when it comes to the state of African America’s financials.


The numbers that follow are truly sobering.