investing while black
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Africa's the Future: Why Akon Says That African-Americans Should Invest in the Continent
“When you combine African-Americans and diaspora Africans, that unity itself is what’s gonna make Wakanda actually possible.” —Akon text After his his single “Locked Up,” Akon was determined not to be your run-of-the-mill one-hit wonder. The artist and producer had some foresight, understanding that the shelf life of an artist in a super-fickled entertainment industry…
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Serena Williams Is the First Athlete to Make Forbes’ List of the World’s Richest Self-Made Women—By Investing in Herself
She’s got 23 Grand Slam titles, and, according to Forbes, an estimated fortune of $225 million ($29 million in the past year alone, the highest annual income of her career)—and she didn’t make most of it on the court. Serena Williams is the first athlete to make it onto the magazine’s annual list of the…
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White Woman Calls Cops on Black Real Estate Investor Inspecting House Next Door
It’s news to no one that the Rebeccas and Karens of the world will not cease until they call cops on every single black person in this country for the most minuscule of perceived infractions. In the past month alone we’ve had incidents of police being called on black people for napping while black, cooking…