The New G-Code For Black America

Today, we're gonna discuss the G-Code. If anyone is familiar with this term, The G-Code, is it an unwritten street code by which individuals attempt to live. However, for decades, the G-Code as it currently stands has caused nothing but destruction for black America. The current G-Code has us worshipping as heroes those who destroy our communities, it has us rejecting anything that could help us to advance as a race. But enough is enough, and this is where I rewrite the G-Code.

Let's begin....

Rule #1: You are not to procreate with anyone whom you don't intend to be your spouse. Ideally, you wouldn't procreate with anyone who isn't your spouse, but not all of us believe in marriage (rightfully so) but the objective is to create a family. No more "baby mamas/daddies," we're building solid, fully-functional black families. To you black men....no more using your offspring as an excuse to run the streets and do stupid things to get yourselves incarcerated. You know what I mean --- selling drugs, robbing, committing crimes overall under the guise of feeding your family. That is unacceptable. Under the new G-Code, you are to do nothing that will result in you being separated from your family.

Since our objective is to create functional black families, no more are we to bring black babies into this world out of hatred, spite or desire to change someone who doesn't have their shit together. From now you, you are only to procreate with individuals that will make a great parent. If they weren't shit before you have the child, they're gonna continue their "ain't shit" ways after the child is born.

Rule #2: Decent, upstanding, classy black women and men are to date only each other. By adhering to this rule, we will eventually breed out the degenerate part of our race. One reason why loser, ratchet black women and men continue to thrive in black America is because their behavior is rewarded. In other words....when a black man is uneducated, a thug, an overall loser, black women typically reward him by giving him all the sex he desires and even allowing him to live off of her. Then you also have black women who have nothing to offer except a pretty face and a big butt, who will be rewarded by black men in very much the same manner. Whereas, the black men and women that are the opposite of the degenerates are treated like crap. Don't believe that this goes on? Ask the average black woman what type of man she desires, and she'll say she wants a "real nigga" and your average black male will say he wants a "bad bitch." Therefore, we have too many "real niggas" and "bad bitches" in our community and not enough REAL MEN AND WOMEN! This has got to stop.

If we quit rewarding degenerate men and women in our community, eventually they will fade out and hopefully disappear. Be refusing to give the time of day to these types of individuals, they will either have to get themselves together or suffer from loneliness. The reason why so many black men engage in thug culture is because they know that it's what black women like. And vice versa. A lot of black women engage in slutty activities because they know it's the only way they'll attract most black men. While all of this is taking place, we have the small minority of decent black men and women that are struggling to find each other which causes them to search through the trashy part of our race in hopes of meeting their equal counterpart. From now on, no one is to even entertain the bottom of the barrel types in our communities.

Rule #3: You are to at all times value education, hard work, family, intellect, etc. We are declining as a race because there is no value placed upon any of the aforementioned things. So...there shall be no more referring to your fellow black man or woman as a sellout, Uncle Tom, coon, or accusing them of acting white or trying to gain "white favor" simply because they conduct themselves like decent, human beings. This also means no more questioning a black man's sexuality (wondering if he's gay) just because he doesn't engage in thug culture.

We are to also begin to cultivate the minds of our children at a young age. Instead of throwing them in front of the TV and allowing them to watch such filth, we are to provide educational material for them instead. Your children are to also see nothing but love and respect between their parents. If any disagreement arises (which WILL inevitably occur), you are not to bad mouth each other in the presence of your child (or children). The goal is to teach the child the importance of a functional household and the value of education.

If you see an intelligent black person, you are to commend them and encourage them to continue to better themselves. In fact, we are to push the hard-working, educated, family orientated black men and women as the face of our community. Currently, the wrong types of individuals are the face of our community. For some reason, to be an individual who contributes to the downfall of the black race, thug men and ghetto hoodrat women, is considered being "a REAL black man/woman!" And that has got to change. No more praise for the black man who spends 5 years in prison, instead, we give honor to the black man or woman who spends 4 years in college.

Rule #4: Under the new G-Code, you are to be on watch for people who engage in behavior that is detrimental to your community. This means running out the drug dealers, the killers and anyone else who bring destruction to our people. Check these people on sight and encourage them to either get it together or they're out. This also means no more adherence to the dumb-ass "no snitching" policy. When crimes goes down in your community, turn these people in. The people who commit these atrocious acts of violence continue to do so because they have convinced black America that what they do is somehow "keepin' it real" and if you won't stand for it, you're somehow trying to gain favor of white people. These people are the reason that you have to lock your doors and that you can't wear nice things in public out of fear that they might rob you for it. But this is where the buck stops. We are getting these people out of our neighborhoods.

If you ever defend or make excuses for these people who make us all look bad, you are in violation and will be shunned along with them. Nothing disgusts me more than to hear a black person claim to be different than those who make us look bad, but yet they defend those individuals. If you're going to defend them, then you are no different than them and you might as well join the street corner with them because no more will we put up with you or them.

Whenever someone is honest enough to speak truthfully about the conditions that plague the black community, no more should they fear being referred to as an Uncle Tom, sellout, self-hater, etc.

Rule #5: You are to accept full responsibility for your life and everything in it. No more blaming others (including the blaming of white people). You will readily admit when you are in the wrong and work immediately toward corrective action. A failure to accept responsibility is the equivalent of you turning over control of your life to someone else. Not accepting responsibility is for the weak and under the new G-Code, we're strengthening ourselves.

No more are you to entertain pro-black, Afrocentric types who tell you that nothing that occurs in your life is your fault because of slavery, Jim Crow, fictitious "white supremacy," etc. It's been documented that the problems we experience today did not manifest themselves in generations prior. Those who blame slavery for the state of Black America have failed to point out why the things that are going on today (high black-on-black crime, single parenthood, a lack of value on education, etc.), weren't issues amongst black people that were closer to the era of slavery and Jim Crow. Race hustlers and professional victims have even created a fictitious psychological condition called "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome" or "Willie Lynch Syndrome." Those pseudo-psychological conditions have been debunked, so you have no reason to believe in them. They create this foolishness in order to keep you feeling like a victim. That way, you will never rise up into a position of power. The way to defeat those who seek to keep you in victimhood in order to line their pockets is by accepting responsibility.

To view an all-out debunking of the Willie Lynch Speech, proving the entire story to be a farce, view this article by Prof. Manu Ampim: The Death of the Willie Lynch Speech

Rule #6: Logic and reason are to become the dominating thinking processes of black America. Presently, emotionalism dominates the thinking process of black people in America which makes us not only prone to violence but also makes us easy to manipulate.

Let's talk about the violence for a moment. Due to black people's emotional stance on everything, your average black person will react violently when faced with something to which he or she doesn't agree. That is why you have a lot of black men sitting in prison as we speak --- because they killed someone (or some other violent offense) as a first reaction. Now that he's sitting in his prison cell with a long time to THINK about it logically, he now realizes what he could've done to prevent that. The black woman will abuse her children, commit unspeakable acts of evil against her mate over something she's heard (without proof), etc., because she lacks critical thinking skills. Unfortunately, black people apply logic and reason only when it's too late. Therefore, is it the failure to apply logic and reason that creates this huge propensity for violence in black people. What separates man from the animals is man's ability to reason, and the refusal to reason is what makes the black race such a savage race.

Let's also talk briefly about the high level of emotionalism in black America contributing to the manipulate of blacks. Because blacks lack logic and reason, it has always been easy to fleece them. Everyone from the church all the way down to your race hustlers have been getting rich off of the lack of critical thinking skills in the black community. They know that if they can include slavery, racism or religion into any scam they seek to run on blacks, they will succeed. The emotionalism of which I speak has led to black America becoming a group of people who claim to desire the truth, but in all actuality, are only a group seeking to validate their current beliefs....and anyone who caters to that current belief system can run scam after scam.

That being said...from now on, when you disagree with someone, you are to think before you act. By doing that, you will realize that it'd make more sense for you and that person to discuss the point(s) on which you disagree or to just walk away from the situation altogether. But black American culture tells you that you're supposed to be ready to fight to kill someone over pretty much anything. It is that way of thinking that we are eliminating. We are also seeking to eliminate the gullibility in the black community which allows anyone fast talking charlatan to get rich off of our misery. Always....think before you speak or act. Never are you to act or speak first and think later.

This extreme emotionalism is also the reason that a lot of blacks who reach prominence never bother to help other blacks after they've made it. Due to the fact that blacks aren't seekers of truth, but are instead seekers of victimization, attempting to help blacks is a very difficult task. When attempting to earnestly help blacks, you first have to emphasize responsibility...thereby eliminating "the white man" excuse. When you point that out, you are subject to vicious attacks --- threats of violence are not uncommon. All because blacks have an undying need to feel like victims. Why would those black people of prominence bother putting themselves through such an experience for simply trying to help when they don't have to? Point blank --- if black American wants to do better, emotionalism has no place. Logic and reason must become supreme.

Rule #7: No more are we to pass down the inferiority complex to our offspring. Nothing disgusts me more in the black community than to see young black people with a feeling of inferiority due to what they've been taught about the history of slavery and Jim Crow in America. First off, black children are taught about slavery not from an informational standpoint, but from an error-ridden, emotional standpoint that creates a defeatist mentality in the mind of the black child. They then begin to believe that the world is set up for them to fail, that everyone is racist and out to get them, etc., which isn't true. We must begin now to first, stop teaching false history to our children. Slavery was not a racially motivated event, it was purely economic. However, teaching black children the truth about slavery would then place black adults in the hot seat, which they seek to avoid.

Here's what we are going to do --- from now, anyone who dares tell a black child they can't do something because of their race, that person is to be cast out of the community. It is impossible for us to excel as a race if we don't believe that we can. Frankly, we could've been better off a long time ago had it not been for the elder generation forcing inferior beliefs on the younger generation. If you aren't going to teach a black child the TRUTH about slavery, in that it wasn't a racially motivated event but about money, then don't teach them about slavery at all. The last thing we need is for the next generation to grow up with a feeling of inferiority and send the race backwards all because they're still embracing outdated beliefs. If you would simply let go of all emotional ties you may have to slavery, that would be ideal.

Rule #8: You are required to constantly work to better yourself so that you may contribute to building up not only your community, but the world in general. Your goal is to add value to society. As it currently stands, black America is a drain on society. Black America consumes the most and produces the least. To reverse that condition, we are to build up our communities by encouraging entrepreneurship, innovation, etc. We have the resources to get it done with a spending power of $1.1 trillion. No more telling young black men that they're only route to the top is through rap music, sports, acting or some other form of entertainment. No more telling black girls that they're route to the top is by finding a rich man and getting pregnant by him in hopes of receiving a huge payday, becoming a video vixen, etc. We are to encourage our black youth to excel through the fields that contribute to the functionality of the world --- finance, law, medical, business, etc.

No more are we to depend on the system for survival. Government assistance creates dependency which creates a slave. Therefore, we need to get off the government assistance and start using our money to control the economics of our communities. This means building businesses in your own communities and producing your own. You say that the schools don't educate your children properly? Use part of that $1.1 trillion to create private schools that will properly educate your children. Every dollar you spend on a pair of Jordans, expensive outfits or other frivolous items could be used to build your community. I know many of you would love to believe that it can't be done (to satisfy your victim consciousness) but the existence of Black Wall Street says otherwise.

I know some will say that this can't be done because "they" won't allow you the money to build business. But to counter that, I'm gonna quote what I stated in a previous article: "It's been stated that the spending power of black America has reached $1.1 trillion annually. With that sort of spending power, there's no excuse for black enterprise to go unfunded. That is more than enough money to have plenty of black owned Venture Capital and Private Equity firms and even Investment Banks geared towards funding black entrepreneurs. But the failure to put our money together, instead deciding to blow it on frivolous items, is what is paralyzing black enterprise."

What I've outlined so far is the new G-Code for black America. I will add on to this list as more principles come to mind, but for now, I've hammered the most important things that could put us on the fast track to improvement.

Thanks for reading!

"We live in deeds, not years. In thoughts not breaths, in feelings, not in figures on a dial."

Sean T. Carter is an experienced investor, entrepreneur, research and writer for The Opulent Group, a company formed to serve the needs of up and coming entrepreneurs, investors, and scholars who wish to reach opulent goals and stay consciously afloat in these fast changing times.

Aliteracy: The Cousin of Illiteracy

As a society we have moved to the point where most people are fairly literate, they can read basic information (around a 3rd grade level). On the other hand, there exists a new phenomena in which sociologists created whole separate term for. This term is called aliteracy.

Aliteracy is simply "the lack of the reading habit in capable readers". People that are aliterate are not illiterate per se, but choose not to read for whatever reason (which we will get into). This phenomena has been called by some "the invisible epidemic".

People are now able to read, but don't read. Aliteracy is especially causing attention amongst college administration. They are finding that less and less students are reading the textbooks and course material. They come to class after skimming through the texts, really not spending time to understand what is in the book. This is scary to some people because these same college students are hired into professional areas and given salaries to do jobs that could potontially affect the state the economy and quality of services in companies. It is said that 90 million Americans over the age of 16 lack reading and writing skills needed for employment! That is a lot of people!

A study was through the Nelson-Denny standardized reading test, in order to find why college students don't read. They found that many of these college students chose not to read because they felt they didn't need to read to "get by". They were only interested in putting in the least amount of reading, and at the same time expected an "A" in the class. These students in the survey also claimed that their reading habits were learned from there parents, who also were not very interested in reading, or who did not wholly value the reading of books. These students did not correlate reading with advancement of knowledge.

I can understand student being disatisfied with the college material, especially with the implementation of curriculum that centers around memorization, rather then true learning of skills and pragmatic knowledge. A book entitled "Readicide" explains that the students lack of reading is directly correlated with the school system, which introduces boring subject matter. Most students believe that all books are like this, and choose not to read. Parents can't blame the school system though, its is their job and responsibility to educate their children.

Its ironic that there would be a push to teach people how to read, yet those same people choose not to read. Its similar to knowing how to cook fresh meals but always eating fast food. In the words of Mark Twain, "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them".

This quote is very true! Not knowing how to read is similar to not reading. Both do not read! One just may have learned to read, and can read things like newspapers or magazine. Even places like Borders or Barnes & Nobles caters to the aliterate, offering them very casual reading. Its almost impossible to do real research inside of Borders. You can read some intriguing things, but no real knowledge is to be gained through casual reading. As Mark Twain stated, its about good books, not just any material.

The myriad of statistics on reading levels is the most revealing about the decrease in reading in America. One third of high school graduates never read a book for the rest of their lives. 80% of American families did not buy a book last year, and the ones that did mostly were over the age of 65. The National Adult Literacy Survery found that 71% of college graduates are unable to read proficiently. 90 million Americans possess only rudimentary literacy skills. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and development said that 50% of the work force in the United States is not literate enough to work in a modern economy. The American Booksellers Association stated, "Unfortunately, reading may therefore someday be engaged in by a small minority of people who are regarded as eccentrics by their fellow citizens." The U.S. Secretary of Education says "The vast majority of Americans do not know they do not have the skills to earn a living in our increasingly technological society." We could literally go on and on!

These statistics only show the magnitude of the issue in America. The sad part is, those stastics count things like magazines and newspapers as reading, so the numbers may be slightly skewed.

Imagine a labor class of Americans who cannot function within the new economy. What kind of jobs are available to them? Imagine companies facing shrinking markets because they sell products or services that require a user's ability to excercise cognitive skills. Well, you don't have to imagine it, this is the reality of America. Most people can barely read the labels on medical prescriptions. They have no idea how to be healthy, because they don't read about the human body nor health sciences (i.e. diet). Medical agencies are able to impart insalubrious information to patients, because they have no idea about their body or health in general. This creates iatrogenics, or medical induced death. Numerous aliterate people rely on media outlets for most of the information they digest. It is almost too elementary to swindle Americans. There is no coincidence that workers are being taken advantage of at increasing rate by financial advisors like Bernie Madoff, they have no financial literacy skills to understand what is occuring. Corporations are adding hidden fees to bill statements, knowing consumers don't read them. The populace is paying for services they have never used. Employers are mistreating employees because employees do not know they actually have rights in the workplace. Ignorant people are guillable. Guillable people will take any command, no matter how demoralizing. Guillable people have no authority and are subject to those in the know. Truly a case of cause and effect, tyrants cannot be blamed!

Aliteracy is one of the main causes for the abuse of Americans by the government. A people who are unaware because the lack of reading are prime for abuse. The founding fathers of America who were freemasons trained under Moorish Sultans in Morocco and certain mystery schools in the American continent, made sure that information was public, and that the people wouldn't be taken advantage of because of their ignorance. They wanted to make sure what happened in the Dark Ages, when the church filtered information to illiterates, didn't happen again. Thomas Jefferson stated, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be".

Thus meaning the government is almost expected to become tyrants amongst the ignorant. Ignorance results from the lack of knowledge, illiterates and aliterates alike! Most people have never read the Constitution or Bill of Rights, nonetheless Supreme Court Rulings and Peace Officer codes. This ignorance allows governmental agencies (which in actuality are only fronts for sovereigns and bankers) to do as they please. And rightfully so! This boosts the ignorant into learning, stagnation is cured with fire to the rear. High taxes, unconstitutional statues, etc, are the direct result of ignorance and the lower level learning of Americans. The responsibility is on the citizens.

To continue, the data proves that most Americans are illiterate, and almost all are aliterate. There really is no contrariness between the two. Both do not read, its just one can't, and one can. Aliterates have the potential to read, but probably will not. History proves as the populace becomes less knowledgable, the tyranny increases.

Some report that a shortage in time is the reason they don't read and study. Yet they have time to have favorite sports teams, track stats, visit the mall frequently, attend clubs and parties, participate in social media website like facebook and twitter for hours, watch television, and excersise. It has been proven by psychologists that the valued things in life will always have place in an individual's schedule, always! People must not value knowledge and understanding! People must really value being ignorant, and must feel comfortable being controlled, as long as they can watch that new reality show (that is the same story over and over again with new faces). Until people began to read, the legislatures will continue to think of them as ignoramuses who are not capable of thinking for themselves. Corporations will pick up the slack and continue to think for the populace, thus, the population will get continue to get what they deserve.

Is there a cure to aliteracy? Yes! Read! Also learn how to read, there is a distinction between reading and reading comphrehension. A book called "How to read a book" was written for this purpose. Remember that a large amount of those who can read, lack comprehension skills.

Do you know the origin of the way we read? The modern education system uses a method called "Look-Say" wherein a student is taught to associate a picture with a word instead of learning root words, etymology, phonetics, meaning of the word, etc. The Look-say method was contrived from Thomas Hopkins Galluadet, who creatred a methodry for Deaf Mutes. This form of reading was developed for deaf mutes who have no concept of a spoken language (because they are deaf) and cannot hear or are unaware of phonetic sounds for different letters. Now why would the United Stated adopt a method of reading specifically designed for deaf mutes and use this as the means to teach the youth? I won't answer that question, just know that we are not learning efficient ways to read. Students of psychology are now finding out that there are far more efficient ways to read and retain information. Unfortunately, these methods are not being taught. Luckily subjects like speed reading are being studied. It is now known that the conscious mind is a terrible learner, and that complusory education should be aimed at controlling the deeper aspects of the mind- the subconscious, which can record and retain more vast amounts of information. The science of yoga nidra has been shown to help children learn to play instruments, learn new language, and other great feasts, by simply entering a relaxed state of consciousness. There is a lot more to it, but I will leave it at that!

Its amazing people pay for public services but don't use them. The library has tons of books that are all free. There are also legal libraries in the cities where people can learn personal rights as a human being in the United States. Even Amazon.com and other providers have books at low prices. Where there is a will, there is a way. If you want to learn, you will find a way to get the books you need. That's all it takes! It will be interesting to see where this massive amount of aliteracy takes us as a nation! Dark Ages possibly? We will see!

Thanks for reading!

"We live in deeds, not years. In thoughts not breaths, in feelings, not in figures on a dial."

Sean Tudor Carter is an experienced investor, entrepreneur, research and writer for the Young & Opulent Group, a company formed to serve the needs of up and coming entrepreneurs, investors, and scholars who wish to reach opulent goals and stay consciously afloat in these fast changing times.

The Lost Concept of Value

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value"

- Albert Einstein

In today's modern age, the concept of value, has, well, lost its value. People no longer have the drive to become valuable members of society. It seems that people just want the government, corporations, and other agencies to take care of them, instead of actually offering value to these companies and entities. It is no wonder the world is now manifesting job cuts and shortages. The mass being distracted, forget to sit back and learn the lessons from the daily happenings.

With the recent job cuts in various industries the populace is now realizing that some of the positions that were held in the past, are no longer relevant or necessary, and in fact, weren't really important in the first place. Employees are not being called into meeting, and they are asked what they do for the company. Some draw blanks, or proceed to name a list of what they thought was valuable, all skills that can be learned by anybody off the street. The machines that are currently made to do these tasks are scaring the erudites of today. The outsourcing of basic tasks is frightening many collar workers. Yet, we still are not getting the message, the message of value.

You see, the new coming age is all about the value of an individual. Since people have stopped reading and now spend most of their time doing brain draining activities like watching television or shopping (frequently) they have lost a vast amount of value.

The Americans who existed in the beginnings of this country were much more skilled. Even those in the ghettos had marketable skills which included a type of trade. Some of the jobs these lower class folks had back in those times are in demand now. Plumbers and carpenters are now found making as much or sometimes more then individuals who chose the route of the institution of higher learning (college). It's confusing when looking at it from a close up view, but it makes a lot of sense when looking from the bird's eye view! Simply, plumbers and carpenters are necessary! They provide something to society. There job is invaluable in the continuation of civilization. Civilization needs plumbing and as long as there are housing and other buildings, carpentry will be necessary. Then you come to these various "business professionals" that work in Fortune 500 companies, that really don't provide anything to the company other than an opinion, an opinion that is vastly losing its value, as evidenced by studying who these companies are laying off.

These companies are not laying off accountants, those skilled in law, people who provide high quality consultations, etc! These people are one hundred percent necessary to run a business and keep it going forward steadily. There may be some instances where someone who provided "something" was laid off, but if that person truly valued themselves, they wouldn't worry about finding another job. This individual would realize there are hundreds of companies out there who wish to have someone who is valuable. A valuable person is always useful, ALWAYS!

In the early 1900's, when African Americans experienced heavy prejudice, a man named Booker T. Washington came forward and expressed something very interesting. He stated:

"The whole future of the negro rests largely upon whether or not he should make himself, through skill, intelligence, and character, of such undeniable value to the community in which he lived that the community could not dispute his presence."

What was Booker T. Washington saying here? He was expressing the fact that anyone who raises themselves up through study and gains intelligence, skill, and character, will be of value to their community. Thus, they will always have a use. They will have the ability to even bypass a strong form of demographic prejudice, based on the fact that they were needed. You can only mistreat someone to an extent when their service is needed! This is in fact how many African Americans of that age were able to accumulate large amounts of Federal Reserve Notes. It was through self study and a touch of perseverance. This same lesson could be used for Americans in this day and age who are dealing with layoffs and job cuts. This just means that the days where you can sit around at the job and do nothing, or do something mindless, is over.

I hear the complaints of managers who talk about employees who don't do anything all the time! Most are on Facebook during the work day or goofing off, not really doing anything. Now I don't believe in back breaking work, but I do believe that work should add value. How are you adding value when all you do is go on Facebook while at work? One cannot be made at someone for taking advantage of a job where they don't have much to do by logging onto Facebook, Youtube, etc. But when the layoffs come, and companies decide to cut down on your job, you have to realize they could have laid you off any time. These people don't lay off those who are of high value to the company - point blank!

Consciousness must rise! The worth of humanity must rise! Individuals must become more reliable.

Metaphysically, the message from events like high unemployment and layoffs translates to value. Humanity must learn to become valuable again. We must provide jobs, and take part in jobs that are of value to the planet. Humanity must also lose its ignorance, and become educated again, self-educated that is! Most are surprised when they read early United States documents like the Articles of Confederation, or even the Federalist papers, they notice that these people were well taught. These people were well studied and knew their stuff! They spoke eloquently and wrote methodically, and one cannot help but realize that these folks were on top of their game. According to literacy tests, people were 75%-100% literate in those times! They were definitely more literate than the new-age Americans, who suffer from aliteracy and get all their information from media outlets (that are largely controlled and sanctioned). Did you know that before the institution of public schools worldwide, people actually could read better? Yep! The literacy rate was higher.

People like George Washington were taught by their father or had a private teacher. Many others were simply self taught or studied under people. This was very successful as evidenced by the quality of people in the different colonies.

Ending, please take the time to add value to yourself. Sit down and think to yourself how can I become valuable? Take the time to study various sciences and principles. Read accounting books, read law books, learn about business, learn to speak better, learn more vocabulary words, learn astronomy, learn the cycles in nature, learn everything! Use that time you save for boredom to learn! I promise you, those who are highly skilled will never be out of a job, or if they are, they will have no trouble getting back to where they want to be! It is only inevitable! If people like Booker T. Washington can go against the odds by becoming a better person, than ANYONE can.

This does not mean to go out and just study everything. Learn your niche, learn what you are good at, and focus on becoming better at that, cultivate your skill! Don't pick up something random that you hate. Don't pick up accounting when your spirit is totally against it. Do the things you know that you are good at. Do the things you enjoy, but become a MASTER at it, there is no room for being mediocre at what you are meant to do, no excuse! If you are good at making shoes, you better make some of the best and most comfortable shoes! If you are good at quoting basketball stats to your friends and you love it, then you better becoming the best scout or analyst, or something dealing with the stats of the sport. You better be a master at it though! No room for lackluster efforts or laziness.

Thanks for reading!

"We live in deeds, not years. In thoughts not breaths, in feelings, not in figures on a dial."

Sean Tudor Carter is an experienced investor, entrepreneur, research and writer for the Young & Opulent Group, a company formed to serve the needs of up and coming entrepreneurs, investors, and scholars who wish to reach opulent goals and stay consciously afloat in these fast changing times.

Why Stress Can Be Beneficial

Stress is not always a negative thing. People fail to realize that everything on this planet has a polarity, everything has its own use! As the Book of Ecclesiastics (book that was transmitted from Ancient Egypt) states, there is a time and season for everything, even for emotions such as morose  and anger. They are all relevant to an individual's experiences on Earth. Lately, all the anti-stress campaigns have failed to address the fact that stress can at time, be beneficial. Without stress, the early human beings would not have made it through various situations. Stress stimulates the need for evolution (by this I mean forward movement).

Stress conceives an itch for change. When someone is stressed out, the body is supplemented with extra hormone and other chemical processes that support action. The insalubrious effects of stress only result when constant stress occurs with no action. This usually happens with people who consecutively hate their lifestyle (especially jobs) and fail to get up and do something about it. The stress is not the problem, its only a means.

The populace should take responsibility for every aspect of their lives (that are within their control). Any bodily response like stress is only produced by the actions and lifestyle of the individual. No chemical reaction in the body can happen without a cause.

The cure for stress is not some pill, or better sleep, the cure is to act upon that which is stressing you out. All other paths are only hacking at the branches and not the root. If you are stressed about a certain job position, sit down and learn what you need to do to be in a position that fits you more, or identify WHY the job is stressing you out. Is it really the job, or is it you?

Now, the real masters know how to use stress properly. They understand that stress is actually a helper to the human being if used correctly. Of course it shouldn't be a daily thing, but if you are working on a project, or want to get something done, and you need to perform at a high level, stress can certainly accommodate your success. Don't believe me? Give yourself a deadline to do something and watch you work towards it like a drug fiend. The chemicals produced by stress have only been found to be deadly if they are constantly released by the endocrine system. Its the same story as the adrenals, in certain situations they are a life savor, but if continually used they will become exhausted and cause an imbalance in the body.

Bottom line, don't fear stress! Learn about it. Education beats ignorance. If you are stressed over a situation, it signal the need for change. When you are stressed or anxious about some coming event, don't worry, it is there to help, accept the fact the stress will help, and you will see a transformation of the energy of stress into something useful.

Thanks for reading!

Sean Tudor Carter
"We live in deeds, not years. In thoughts not breaths, in feelings, not in figures on a dial."

Sean Tudor Carter is an experienced investor, entrepreneur, research and writer for the Young & Opulent Group, a company formed to serve the needs of up and coming entrepreneurs, investors, and scholars who wish to reach opulent goals and stay consciously afloat in these fast changing times.
       

Why Racism is Powerless

This article stems from a question someone asked. They asked about a statement made by Messy (Jesse) Jackson in which he stated that blacks can't be racist because we don't have the power to do so. In this article, I am going to deconstruct that entire position. So sit back, open your mind and learn something....

In my opinion, it's not okay for anyone of any race to be racist and to say that blacks can't be racist is bullshit. I guess what Jesse Jackson was trying to say was that blacks don't have the economic power and means to oppress. But that is again false. The true definition of racism is the belief that one race is superior to another. If you don't believe me, look it up. By that definition, anyone can be racist because racism is simply a state of mind. The implementation of an actual system to control you and/or deprive you of your rights is called oppression. Unfortunately, blacks seem to think that racism and oppression are synonymous terms, and they aren't. Some say that blacks don't have the power to oppress but blacks do a good job of oppressing each other. "How so," you might ask and I'll explain. Whenever a black person is engaging in any action that is constructive and progressive (speaking properly, avoiding legal trouble, valuing education, family and hard work, etc), he or she is accused of acting white, selling out, being an Uncle Tom, hating themselves, etc. But as long as you're engaging in all things deconstructive (selling dope, killing, incarceration, etc.), you're told that you're "keepin' it real."

This attempt to change the definition of racism is due largely to your pro-black sector of African-Americans and also your race hustlers in an attempt to hide their own racism. These guys say the most despicable things about other races of people, and people began to call them out on their hypocrisy. To counter people's claims of hypocrisy, they sought to change the definition of racism from being about a feeling towards another race to being about economic means and oppression. But again, that's bullshit and blacks are by far the most racist people on the planet by true definition. However...

During Jim Crow, blacks dealt w/ oppression that stemmed from racism but the oppression wasn't racism in itself (if that makes sense). To put it simply, the oppressors of the day were motivated by racism. But nowadays, there's no racially motivated oppression taking place. What blacks refer to today as racially motivated oppression is nothing more than them harvesting the fruits which they've planted. The seeds they've planted is ignorance, hatred, anti-intellectualism, glorification of all of the destructive forces in the black community, consumerism, etc. It's a common law of nature that whatever you plant, has the potential to provide a ten-fold return. In other words...if you lead a life of degeneracy, you're only going to get more degeneracy in return. There's no "racism" in that.

Besides, who gives a fuck if a person is racist if they don't have any power over you? Racism nowadays is no different than a person disliking someone for being fat or some other silly form of intolerance. The truth is that people are gonna dislike you for whatever reason. Anything that differentiates you from another person, there's someone who will dislike you for it. But there's no need to make a public spectacle of it. That being said...GET OVER IT.

I know, I know...this is where you're gonna attempt to justify your hatred because of slavery. How can you honestly justify any group of people hating another for something that happened more than a century ago and not even to you? First off, not every white person owned a slave, but I'll touch on that in a moment. What if a white man were assaulted and robbed by a group of blacks, and from that moment on, hated them for the rest of his life. Not only that, he taught his kids to hate blacks, and then his family passed that hatred down from generation to generation. Now you have generations hating a group of people because of something that happened to a relative a long time ago....not even to them. That's exactly how you all are acting. So, please explain to me how are you so traumatized over something that didn't even happen to you?

Yeah, slavery happened and it was terrible, but slavery was NOT a racially motivated event (I'll explain why slavery was promoted as being racially motivated later). The truth of the matter is that slavery was purely economic. If you don't think slavery was mainly economic based, then you need to go back and read the whole slew of documents on the subject. Why else would you have slaves, but to have an economic advantage (free labor)? If racism is the basis of slavery, then why did pale skinned slaves exist? Why were the majority of whites also in bondage or in poverty (have you seen Mary Poppins)? Why did Black & Red (Native American) slave owners exist amongst white slave owners?

The majority of people didn't have any say or rights. During those days, "rights" were connected to "land ownership," something the masses of whites NEVER would even dream of having. Only about 10% of the population were landowners, and had rights to vote, etc. Its still that way to this day, but it's masked. They give so called civil rights to the people to act like they were apart of the nation, but they are still serfs. If you study law, you will see nothing changed on that level, its all about ASSETS in this bitch, not skin color. As I said above, while slavery was going on in the U.S., various European nations paid monetary tributes to nations ran by dark skinned people, in North Africa. How is this so? In fact, there are letters between George Washington and a Sultan in North Africa - Washington gave him praise.

If you wanna take it further, there was a time in history when whites were slaves to the Africans. But on a side note, I'll give whites and other ethnic groups credit for keeping secret their history of servitude. They don't reminisce on it and parade it around like it's something to be proud of. Whites only display the part of their history that displays them as superior. Because they keep their period of servitude a secret, the rest of the world view whites as superior. For the same reason, we need to forget about slavery and began to celebrate the part of our history that show us in a position of power. I honestly don't see what benefit a black child would miss out on if they didn't know anything about slavery, especially the fucked up way in which its taught in our society that does nothing but breed hatred and inferiority.

That being said, the only after effects slavery has on blacks are the effects that you all continue to force on yourselves. Choosing to live in a state of degeneracy just so you can somehow prove that the "white man" won't let you succeed is one of the worse. Blacks kill each other at a rate of over 94%, but that gets overlooked. Blacks spend so much time trying to identify with the slave lifestyle that they invite certain issues into their lives. Trying to figure out all the fine details of what being a slave was like isn't going to get you anywhere. Please don't refer to Willie Lynch because it's been proven that Willie Lynch never existed and that entire speech for which he was credited as giving was pure fiction. The effect of Willie Lynch has become nothing more than a self-fulfilling prophecy. Meaning that blacks caught wind of that letter and unconsciously began to act out those things in order to make them true. "Willie Lynch" was crafted by the CIA. Just like the movie "Roots" was also put together by Alex Haley who had ties to the CIA. Why would the CIA do this? Because...getting you to continuously reminisce on slavery keeps you weak. So they gave you Roots and Willie Lynch.

Also, yes there was racism as a result of slavery and even oppression that stemmed from the racism. But let's break that down. The racist oppression was carried out by poor whites. Why? Because the idea of slavery was also sold to poor whites as being racially motivated (which I will explain WHY below). As a result, we had Jim Crow. FYI: The first slaves to arrive in America were actually white (Irish), not blacks.

Let's take this thing up another notch. It has been documented that racism was a tool specifically constructed by social engineers during the 1600s in order to keep poor whites and blacks at war with each other. It's been shown that the white race was "invented" specifically for that purpose. The reason racism was created was so that poor whites and blacks would be so busy fighting that they'd never notice that they are both being screwed over by an elite group of people. And if you look around you today, you will see that this is still very much the case. I'm not going to go into too much detail on that but I'll recommend a few books that will explain exactly that later in this article.

I'd also like to address something else that black people could learn from. I've already outlined how poor whites terrorized blacks during the late 1800s to mid 1900s. The only reason they were able to do that, despite being poor is because they knew how to come together, pool their resources and further their agenda. That's all the KKK was....a group of poor, crazy rednecks (who happened to be Democrats...the political party blacks vote for 95%) who banded together with a cause in mind. That is how a group of poor whites were able to rise to power. Black people complain about not having any power but if we banded together like poor whites did, we could rise to power pretty fast as well.

I know that some negro is going to say that racism is keeping them down by stating that it takes money to succeed in America, let me debunk that as well. It doesn't take money to make money, it takes CAPITAL to make money. Capital can be raised through various sources. It's been stated that the spending power of black America has reached $1.1 trillion annually. With that sort of spending power, there's no excuse for black enterprise to go unfunded. That is more than enough money to have plenty of black owned Venture Capital and Private Equity firms and even Investment Banks geared towards funding black entrepreneurs. But the failure to put our money together, instead deciding to blow it on frivolous items, is what is paralyzing black enterprise.

Speaking of black enterprise, this brings me to another point. The segregation was mostly a good thing. It has been proven that segregation was more beneficial to the black community (as evidenced in higher educational based scores, higher business ownership [Black Wall Street], etc). The civil rights movement and all that was funded by the children of industrialists, it was not sincerely a black thing. We fail to miss the point when we take an emotional-ass stance, instead of dealing with facts.

I also suggest you crack open a few books of black entrepreneurs who started with nothing and worked their way up to super wealth. I suggest reading about A.G. Gaston and Reginald Lewis (the first black billionaire). Read about Reginald Lewis especially, because he made his fortune through Leveraged Buyouts, which is a white dominated field but whites (such as Michael Milken) worked with him because he didn't use his race as a crutch. Anyone who tells you that it takes money to make money is an idiot. How much sense does it say that you have to already be rich to get rich?

Some may even reference the Jews, but I give the Jews credit as well because instead of reflecting on their period of servitude and genocide, they also have risen to a level of power and have taken shit over. They've infiltrated banking, law, etc. after being denied access to these arenas. You don't see them using the holocaust as an excuse for everything. In fact, every group on this earth has been persecuted and enslaved at some point, but they moved on and began to thrive. However, it's only blacks who continue to hold on to it and use it as a crutch for everything.

Here's what I'm going to do. I'm gonna advise you to stop getting your history lessons only from pro-black sources. Those types ALWAYS have an agenda, and that agenda is to profit from your ignorance by using skin color. Here's a few books I've read and that you should read that will tell you the truth about the other side of the coin:

White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves
They Were White and They Were Slaves: The Untold History of the Enslavement of Whites in Early America
The Invention of the White Race

So, that's your answer. Blacks use that "blacks can't be racist" line to justify their own double standard of racism. They want to be racist but don't want anyone to be racist towards them. I've also debunked the idea that racism is somehow keeping black people down. I know that as a black man, I'm gonna catch hell from other black people on here for saying what I've said, but I've got to call the foolishness out.

P.S: A lot of those pro-black types are probably right in that blacks will never dominate whites. But hold on...why would they want to dominate whites anyways? Aren't they mad at whites for their dominance, so why do they want to do the same thing that they claim to be mad about? But anyways, this failure to dominate won't be because of a lack of guns, but because blacks fight hard to remain ignorant and inferior. That's right...blacks WANT to be inferior and ignorant. Why? Because it helps them to continue to feel like that victims of society. To a large part of the race, being able to play the victim and race card is more important than doing well in life. I don't understand it, but a large part of the community thinks that way.

There's No Excuse To Be Uneducated

Yep, I said it. In today's time, there is absolutely no excuse to be uneducated. You may look around and see the costs of higher education (college) rising and think to yourself "college is become increasingly unaffordable which makes it difficult for most to attend." Others will complain of the quality of the schools in their areas and so forth. But we're gonna dispel those myths (excuses, rather) in this article.

We live in a world that is becoming more and more technologically advanced everyday. Through this advancement in technology, it has made the access to information much easier than ever before. If one has a simple question to which they have no answer, they can simply Google it and find the answer in a few seconds. But with information so readily available, many will make the claim that education is off-limits to them. There is an abundance of information on the internet....free information, I might add. In fact, you have entire websites setup solely for the purpose of providing free education on a variety of subjects. There are even YouTube channels setup to teach people any and everything they would like to know.

These same people who claim that education is hard to obtain will search log on to the internet every single day to engage in buffoonery on social media for hours at a time, but they never thought to use that same internet to search for topics in which they wish to become educated. Instead of going on YouTube to access the wealth of free knowledge, they watch twerk videos, people fighting and other savage nonsense. If you're reading this and you think that I'm lying about the ease of access to free information available online, just do a Google search on any topic you wish to learn and watch what comes up.

Now let's talk about another avenue of obtaining education. Then there are some that will complain about the public school systems which they attend. While the teaching may be subpar, you can supplement what isn't being learned in the classroom by visiting the free library(s) in your local area. The only thing one has to do is get a library card, which again is free, and they have unlimited access to a wealth of information. But unfortunately, these libraries are largely ignored by those who claim to want knowledge.

Aside from the vast amount of knowledge available on the internet, you also have books written by professionals in their field. There are financiers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, doctors, philosophers, etc., who author books which practically outlines the knowledge they've amassed after years in their line of work. Someone may say that they don't have $20-30 to spend on a book by these authors, but that's yet another excuse because a lot of these types of books can be found on places like Amazon, eBay, etc., for dirt cheap. I've caught many great works for $0.01 (plus shipping). Besides, how dare you complain about spending $20-30 for a book when you have no problem spending hundreds of dollars on a single pair of shoes or some other frivolous crap that contribute nothing positive to your life. Which brings to mind a quote (I have no idea who authored this quote). It goes, "Rich people have big libraries and small TVs. Poor people have small libraries and big TVs." That quote can be taken to the bank.

Many people like to approach me and condemn me for knowing the things I know. If you're a reader of my material, then you know that my field is the Financial Markets. They tell me that I'm lucky to be proficient in my field and that they can't afford college...and so forth. Truth be told, I never attended college. I simply did the things I've outlined here. I read books by authors that are masters in their fields, watched videos, talked to others in the field, etc. That being said, I can tell you from personal experience that there is no excuse to be uneducated.

I'd be remiss in my duties here if I didn't warn you of one thing and that is: acquiring education isn't a straight shot. What I mean is...there are people who publish books, video courses, (and every other educational material I've mentioned), who have no clue what they're talking about. Many of those types are either misinformed or only out for a quick buck. So there's a chance that you're gonna have to encounter some junk every now and then. In other words, you will have to use the trial and error method to find the credible sources.

Now that we have countered every excuse one makes for being educated, let me counter one more. If you have noticed, my solutions have been centered around self-education and because of that, some will argue that obtaining education independently won't help you to land a job because employers want to see a college degree. That person may have a point, but that is why the self-education route is usually most preferred by people that are entrepreneurial. But since this isn't about acquiring a job, but about gaining knowledge, I've explained how you can in fact gain that knowledge you claim to desperately seek. It's out there for the taking....no one is keeping it from you despite the foolishness you may have been told.

Is Taking The Easy Route Truly Worth It?

The foregoing article was originally written in September of 2012:

The year 2012 has been one in which I’ve been hearing a lot of people cry “SCAM!” It’s natural to be sympathetic towards those that have gotten themselves caught up in a fraudulent situation. But at the same time, we’ve got to use the word that a lot of people seem be afraid of. What’s that word? It is: RESPONSIBILITY. We can sit here all day and talk about scam artists, but in a lot of the cases I’ve heard, some people just need to admit that it was their own failure to employ logic and critical thinking that made them victims in the first place. Many individuals are looking for the easy way out. Personally, I’ve come to realize that there are some things setup in this world to punish those who try to take the easy way out.

I always tell people…there’s no substitute for hard work and accurate knowledge. Going along with these so-called pre-built systems is a recipe for disaster. I actually feel like a lot of this “easy success” stuff is created to punish people who try to skip having to do the work. Not just in business, but in practically every facet of life. In our society, a lot of people have made a lot of money selling products that promises easy results with little or no work. At one point in time, I used to be mad at those people. But now, I have no issues with them. They’re simply filling a need — a need that people have to avoid hard work and look for the easy way. In my opinion, they’re giving people exactly what they want. Should people fail when using their products, its their own fault, in my opinion. Maybe then they’ll see that there are no shortcuts to the top.

Right now, there’s a huge story taking place concerning a group called “The Global Information Network (GIN),” which was founded by TV Pitchman Kevin Trudeau. I'd written previous about that falling out. In that particular situation, lots of people are mad at Kevin Trudeau and their anger is justified. BUT…the GIN scheme would not have been possible if it weren’t for people looking for a shortcut to the top. GIN promised its members that they could use the Law of Attraction to manifest their wishes. GIN promised to put them in contact with prominent members of societies who’d help them build their fortunes. GIN promised them access to all the “secrets” of building wealth that no one else supposedly had access to. None of which was actually delivered. A lot of people were burned by this organization, but I hope they learned their lesson…a very expensive lesson at that. I hope they learned that there are no shortcuts to the top! The kinds of money some people invested in GIN (reaching $75k-100k in some cases), could have been used to launch a few successful enterprises. But instead, they used that money looking for a shortcut.

In my field, Derivatives Trading, some people suffer from the same state of mind…that of trying to go the easy route. Thankfully, I never got caught up in the hype when learning to trade. Part of that can be attributed to the fact that I was brought into the game by a successful trader who provided an extensive book list to me that recommended nothing but information-based books. That, by the way, is really key. None of the books offered a pre-made system. They were instead information-based. The combination of books provided explained how the markets, the economy and human psychology works from an objective viewpoint, which would enable me to absorb the information and create my own system. There would be plenty of trial and error in the process though. But that’s the thing! If you aren’t willing to get your hands dirty and make a few mistakes, then you aren’t serious about wanting to succeed in whatever you’re attempting to do. They have products for people like that (those that want to avoid mistakes)….those products we described earlier. The funny thing about those kind of products is this — people buy them, attempt to use them, fall flat on their face and repeat the process a few times until they finally realize there are no shortcuts (unfortunately, some people never realize it). They then spend more time trying to undo the damage done by trying to take the shortcut.

Make no mistake about it — the same type of fraudulent schemes are present in trading as well (as I alluded to in the previous paragraph). There are lots of fly by night companies who set themselves up as Proprietary Trading firms, offering to teach individuals how to trade profitably. Not only do they claim to teach you how to trade profitably, they claim to let you use their money to do it! I’ve seen people spends thousands of dollars on those types of programs, sometimes even tens of thousands, only for the program to either run off with their money or provide them with some useless information. Think about this — trading is hard work! If a person has come up with a highly profitable system, they aren’t going to share it with you. That’s their punishment for not reading a few books on trading, which I can assure you would have cost a hell of a lot less than they paid for these programs. They could have bought a few books, downloading a paper trading software and had some money left over to actually trade, which had the potential to make them money. But instead, they got burned looking for the easy way.

I’ve talked primarily about looking for shortcuts when it comes to making money, but make no mistake about it, the same thing rings true all across the board. People look for shortcuts for their health, their intellectual studies…practically anything that requires learning and effort. When I was dealing with my weight issues and made it through that successfully, it amazed me how many people would ask me for advice and would get upset with me because the system I used wouldn’t provide the results they sought overnight. Some people even accused me of lying to them when I’d tell them that I followed a restricted eating plan for almost 6 months that required strong discipline. What’s crazy is that these people SAW me do it and still don’t believe that its not an overnight process.

Conclusion: Nothing in this world that is worth having comes easy nor are there any guarantees. If you’re looking for a quick fix with a guaranteed outcome, there are plenty of people who’d love to provide one, but at a cost. That’s the price you pay when trying to avoid doing the work. I’ve seen lots of “how to” programs over the years that have claimed to provide a fast and easy method to success, and I’ve seen people praise these programs. But not once have I ever saw any of the praisers state that they’ve USED any of those programs and got what was promised.

Thanks for reading!

Sean Tudor Carter

“We live in deeds, not years. In thoughts not breaths, in feelings, not in figures on a dial.”

Sean Tudor Carter is an experienced investor, entrepreneur, research and writer for the Young & Opulent Group, a company formed to serve the needs of up and coming entrepreneurs, investors, and scholars who wish to reach opulent goals and stay consciously afloat in these fast changing times. 

This Is Why You're Single: Black Woman Edition

The foregoing article was originally written in October of 2012:

"QUESTION: How do you cure a disease? Answer -- By first, diagnosing the problem and then applying the proper remedy. Which is exactly what I'm about to do.

Why target black women? Here's why: For the past 30 years, black women have used every media outlet to perpetuate the negative stereotype of black men. They've told the world we're all in jail, deadbeat dads, gay, uneducated, dogs, etc. They've said these things to anyone who'd listen. But a black man is viciously maligned if he criticizes a black woman in any way. He's maligned not only by black women, but by soft, weak, effeminate black men who seek to gain favor with black women. And a black man who dates interracial is also viciously maligned. So what's a black man to do!? This is where I tell the side of the story that isn't being told. A lot of what I say can be said for women of any race. BUT, the combination of these things make up black women.

Everyone wonders why black women are single, but if the answer given isn't "because there are no good black men," they don't want to hear it. This is where the nonsense ends. So, if you're an open-minded black woman who wants the truth, continue reading and I won't tell you anything wrong. I expect for a black woman to attempt to change the subject to what black men and/or women of other races do...when this about THEM. I also expect ad hominem attacks. I know, I know....y'all are gonna say that I hate myself, my mother's black, accuse me of being gay, say that someone must have hurt me, it's just some and not all (not once did I say ALL), etc. We've heard this all before and none of it deals with the merits of my argument.

Now....you've had your chance to speak and on a much bigger platform I might add, now it’s our turn.

Reason #1 -- Superficiality and Unrealistic Preferences

Talk to your average black woman about her dating preferences and I guarantee you she will have a long list of things she wants a man to possess while not possessing even 25% of the things she requires the man to have. Let's face facts. Your average black woman isn't going to date a man who's less than 6 ft. tall, who doesn't make a certain amount of money or live a certain lifestyle. When they find the man whom they desire, but that isn't willing to lower his standards for her, they get upset and try to guilt him into being with them. That's like going to an upscale restaurant and asking them to lower their prices because you can't afford to eat there. A lot of these types think being pretty and great sex equates to being a good catch, but that's false. No man in his right mind with a lot going for him will settle for the complete opposite.

In other words, you want too much. When I say that you ask for too much, that simply means that most of you are delusional. I blame the media, love novels, romance films, etc. for this phenomenon. A lot of you are entirely too materialistic. You won't even let a guy take you on a date unless it involves money being spent. Some of you are convinced that love and money are somehow tied into each other, which isn't true. Like, how a lot of these women are looking for a man to put them in a mansion, where she can be lazy and shop all day. Again, too much TV.

Some black women will point out the fact that a few generations ago, women used to stay at home while the man worked and brought home the money. But allow me to deconstruct their position. First off, when the woman stayed at home, she was WORKING in the home. She was cooking, cleaning, tending to the children, even managing the family's finances in some cases, etc., all of which are not easy tasks. Women today who claim they want to stay at home will not do any of those things. It's not uncommon for a black man to come home and have to do the cooking and cleaning after his wife or girlfriend has been sitting around the house all day doing nothing but watching TV and keeping up drama on social media. Only thing they want to do is sit on their butt and expect a man to take care of them.

While we're on the subject of black women of prior generations, allow me to state this: black women of today need to quit trying to take credit for what their grandparents and generations before them did. Those are a completely different group of women. I don't know about other guys, but I'm not going to respect today's black women for what generations before them did because today's black women are NOTHING like those respectable generations of the past.

Reason #2 -- The Way You Present Yourself

You can't dress and act like a slut, and expect to attract Mr. Right. I browse social networks and see women in pics half-naked in sexually provocative poses, then when degenerate men leave sexual comments, they will say "deez niggas beez thirzty." I've seen the same thing in public as well. It is totally unrealistic to expect to be treated like a lady when you look and behave like a slut. It doesn't work that way. You might impress those lowlife guys by behaving in such a manner, but a real man isn't impressed. Let me rephrase that...a real man who wants a woman with whom he can become serious isn't impressed. They'll gladly have sex with you, but that's about it.

Reason #3 -- Material Possessions Can't Supplement a Lack of Substance

You've got your college degrees, own place, a car, good paying job, etc. But what else? Where's the character? That's why guys will take a broke woman who's a great person over a financially successful woman with a funky attitude. I've heard on numerous occasions, black women scold another black woman who doesn't have money or material items because she was able to find a good man while she struggled to do so. That shows how blind the so-called successful black woman truly is. She's unable to see that the seemingly unsuccessful black woman has found a good man because she understands the importance of having something to offer as a person.

I encourage you to be able to support yourself, but the attitude that's the problem. Material possessions can't take the place of great character. No real man is "threatened by your success" (the losers typically are). Guys aren't dating you because material possessions are the only thing you have going for you. 

Reason #4: You Sought Independence, Now You Have It

Just as the title said --- you sought independence, now you have it. During the rise of feminism, black women embraced these feminist views and turned their back on black men. Feminism convinced black women that they don't need black men. Before this brainwashing occurred, the black family was well in tact....and there's documentation to prove this. The black woman hasn't looked back ever since because til this very day, they still embrace the idea of being "strong, independent and not needing a man."

What's amazing is that black women today will desire a pre-feminist movement lifestyle when it's beneficial to them, but will still wanna hold on to feminist views when it's beneficial.

I'm gonna hit you with the truth --- no man wants to be with a woman who feels she doesn't need him. If you're so independent and don't need a man, then why are you complaining about not being able to find anyone? Surely, if you're as independent as you claim to be, then being single shouldn't be a problem.

Reason #5 -- You Look Like Precious But You Want LL Cool J

This is so easy that I'm not gonna get deep into it. A lot of black women have weight issues, and they usually want a man who's tall, thin and/or has muscles. If you're big and find a thin man that likes you, congratulations. But if you can't find that thin/muscular man (because those men usually don't like big women), you need to either lose weight or find a man that likes big women. It's a simple solution. There's no need for lay guilty on thin guys who don't find you attractive.

Reason #6 -- Black Women Mistake Antagonism For Strength

This is one of the most important factors of everything listed so far. Black women have taken on this antagonistic attitude that they call being a "strong black woman." If you want a visual image of a truly strong black woman, look at your grandmothers and those before them. Look at the difference between your grandmothers and yourself and you'll see a huge difference. The women of your grandmother's generation were labeled strong because they managed to survive and stand by their man in a world where black men were being oppressed. They knew how hard it was for black men during those times, but they did everything they could to be supportive of their men. They allowed their men to lead, take charge and be the head of the household. They weren't labeled strong for having bad attitudes. The bad attitudes don't make you a strong woman. In fact, it makes you weak because, ultimately, you'll end up by yourself.

You label a guy weak if he doesn't want to constantly argue and deal with the drama. And you wonder why guys choose to date interracial. You even scorn them for it and say they're taking "the easy way out." That's a pretty stupid thing to say. Think about it --- if you can date a woman of a different race who's goal is to have mutual happiness with you instead of making your life hell, you'd be a fool to pass that up. But for some reason, black women are convinced that NOT sticking around and putting up with their foolishness is a sign of weakness. Black women actually believe that it takes a real man to put up with their dysfunctional foolishness. That's fiction. A real man is gonna run away from you as fast as he can. Whatever you've been through to cause you to be scorned, that's no man's fault except the man who wronged you. You can't expect to take your frustrations out on future mates. A relationship is supposed to produce happiness, not constant misery and that's what black women seek to offer the black man...a life of headache, misery, etc.

Call it what you want, but no sensible person will deal with that. Respect others and treat them as you wish to be treated. You're not gonna find a man of substance until you lose this "strong black woman" attitude.

Reason #7 -- Christianity Doesn't Make Him A Good Man

Me being southern, being religious is a requirement if you want a southern black woman. I've seen black women reject good men for not being a christian, despite being a great guy. But they'll deal with a bad guy just because he goes to church with her. I've dealt with women whom I had great chemistry with, but it was over when they found out I don't believe in god. To most southern black women, it's not what you do that makes you a good or bad guy. It's all about whether or not you're a christian. Notice that those type of black women are always single and waiting for "god" to send them a perfect man. Whether black women know it or not, that book (the bible) keeps them single. In fact, Christianity contributes largely to the decline of the black race, but that's another article.

Let me digress and point something out. In my last point, I spoke of how black women seek to antagonize black men. I'm gonna show you how hypocritical black women are. They claim to be so much into the bible (despite never having read it), but they ignore the part of the bible which states that the man is the leader of the household. Like most black Christians, they skip that part because it doesn't fit what they want to believe. I will admit that a lot of black men don't know how to lead because they're raised by single mothers, but we're not talking about those types of men. Besides, if you're a real woman, you shouldn't deal with a man who lacks leadership skills. Now let's get back to the main point....

These type of women usually can't deal with the fact that an intelligent black man like myself who studies isn't gonna buy into religion. Let's be real --- only three types of black men attend church: gay men, pimps who seek to exploit the congregation's ignorance and old men. That's it. You're not going to find any logical, critically thinking black men in church.


Reason #8 -- You Want Respect For WHAT You Are, Instead of WHO You Are

I blame the feminist movement for what I'm about to discuss here. Black women actually believe they deserve to be treated like royalty just for being a woman. They fail to realize that respect is given based on who you are and what you do, not on your gender. I see many black women commit some of the most despicable acts, but they expect you to ignore what they do and respect them just for being a woman. And if you call them out on their nasty behavior, first thing they do is point to the fact your mother and the women in your family are black. Typical.....

To make matters worse, black women don't believe that they have to respect people in return and this behavior carries over into the relationship. To illustrate my point, here's what I want you to do: browse any social media site, preferably Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Browse through the photos and status updates of black females and I guarantee you that you will eventually stumble upon a photo meme or status update which goes on and on about what they believe a real man is supposed to do for a woman. Pay close attention and you'll also notice that they will NEVER entertain the fact that a woman has to deserve the things for which she asks from her ideal man. And THAT is the insanity that is black women...they expect to always take and never give. Ladies and gentlemen, that is what we call a parasite.

It is because of this phenomenon that we have so many weak, effeminate black men. You know...the type of men that you single mothers are raising. As you're raising these boys by yourselves and teaching them to put women on a pedestal and to, at the same time devalue themselves, they develop the desire to become a woman. But that's another discussion....

Reason #9 - You've Made Yourself Immune To Criticism

As I correctly stated in the opening of this article....if a black man criticizes a black woman in any way, shape or form, he's viciously maligned. He's told that he can't criticize black women because his mother is black, he's accused of hating himself, he's called gay, he's called bitter, etc. If this black man's critique of black women is correct, he's then told "you shouldn't say those things, you should say something positive in order to uplift us!" In translation: the black woman is seeking undue praise.

But here's my thing: if a group of women are having the type of problems that black women are having, at what point are they willing to accept the possibility that THEY could be contributing to their own downfall? After all, blaming black men for the last 30 years has only gotten them in worse and worse conditions but yet they still aren't ready to accept responsibility for their actions. It's amazing because I hear black women admit to engaging in countless acts that are destructive to their well-being, but they'll never admit that what they're doing is the root cause of their problems.

In all actuality, black men are expected to accept 100% of the blame for all of the troubles in the black community, especially the troubles concerning dating, relationships and marriage. In fact, you can criticize a black man all day long and even say some of the most despicable things about him and no black woman will correct you or come to the black man's defense. But if a black man criticizes a black woman, even in the kindest, most sincere way possible, he's subject to vicious attacks. You are to never imply that a black woman can be anything less than perfect.

Yet....with all of their self-proclaimed perfection and "black queen" status, black women have more problems than all other groups of women on earth combined. And those problems will persist until they are ready to accept to accept constructive criticism and quit blaming others for their problems.

Reason #10: You Don't Respect The Black Men You Claim To Want

You hear black women talk endlessly about their desire for a "REAL BLACK MAN." But in truth, black women see non-stereotypical black man as weak, soft, lame, etc. A black man who's well spoken, educated, career and family oriented, who's an overall standup guy, is looked down upon UNLESS he's rich. When a black woman wants those qualities in a man, they usually go after white men or non-black men, as if only non-black men are supposed to possess real man qualities. The few black women I've met who will date a black man with those qualities will say, "he still has to have some thug in him." But don't require white men to have any thug in them. Because of that, women are actually encouraging black men to play into the negative stereotype because those are the only kind of black men to which they'll give any attention. If they do give good black men the time of day, he's told that he can only be a friend.

As a black man, you're going to attract a black woman only if you're a lowlife degenerate who has no direction in life. You most likely have to be the type of guy who seeks to live off of her, in and out of jail and so on. Or, you have to be a guy who doesn't live off of her but make your money illegally. It's a sad truth that majority of black women hold in higher esteem a man who's spent 5 years in prison than they do a man who's spent 4 years in college.

Reason #11 -- Your Dating Priorities Are Backwards

This last passage is going to tie into the last. It is again a sad truth that black women continuously and purposely pass up good men because they'd rather be with the "bad boys." They want a "real nigga" instead of a real man. They purposely choose the bad boys because they believe they can change him (again, too much TV). When that doesn't work, she gets pregnant by the guy hoping that's gonna change him. That fails, now she's a single parent. She repeats this 3 more times with other guys. At this point, she has 4 kids with 4 different deadbeats as the fathers. That scenario also explains why black women are single parents. For some odd reason, they actually take pride in being single parents. They say things like "I'm the mother and the father." But any sensible person will see that as the woman boasting of her inability to pick decent, respectable men.

After she's been promiscuous with every deadbeat loser around, and has realized that none of them will ever settle down with her, NOW she wants a good guy --- the same kind of good guy she passed up for the bad boys and caused lots of heartache. If the good guy's smart, he knows that a woman who's dealt with losers for all that time only wants a good guy NOW because its convenient. After a few good guys have seen through the woman's bullshit, and have chosen not to be the sucker, she then says that there are no good men.

This could've been avoided had she not PURPOSELY chosen guys who she knew were trouble. It happens everyday and it could be YOU. How many times have you ignored a guy's respectful approach, but responded to a negative approach? How many times has a nice guy had to resort to calling you a bitch or some other derogatory term just to get your attention? Probably lots of times. Just go for Mr. Right the first time --- not after you've amassed baggage (that's if you truly want a good guy. Many women only say they do because its the right thing to say --- which is wrong because guys get hurt in the process). The good guys are tired of being a last resort and tired of being blamed for black women being single.

Let me digress for a moment and say this: A lot of good black men don't mind being the last resort because they were raised by single mothers who conditioned them to believe that it is his role as a man to be successful so that he can save a single black mother someday. It's amazing how a lot of the good black men don't even have their own family legacy because of this...just them raising someone else's kids without ever having any children of their own.

Conclusion: The only way to fix these issues is by first admitting that they exist and then working to correct them. Even if you've made some of the mistakes that I've mentioned, its not too late. I tell you this because I want to see an improvement in relations between black men and women, but that can't happen until we're honest with ourselves."

Pragmatists vs. Academicians

The foregoing article was originally written October of 2012:

If there is one word you've seen emphasized throughout this entire website, it is the word "pragmatic." I think now would be a great time to define that term.

prag·mat·ic/prag-matik/
Adjective:
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

Since the topic of this conversation is Pragmatists vs. Academicians, now would also be a great time to define an academician.

ac·a·de·mi·cian/akədə-miSHən/
Noun:
An academic; an intellectual.

Someone may be asking, "but which one is more important?" In truth, both are important, but one is more important than the other. On one hand, academic knowledge of a thing can provide a general understanding. But until you've actually put that information into use, and have gained experienced, your understanding is largely theoretical. Why? Because you haven't actually done it to prove that it works. Once you've done a thing successfully, you can then speak about it from experience because you know how that particular thing works realistically...which is pragmatism.

In the real world, pragmatism wins. I've saw situations where young college graduates (academicians) are competing for a high level job within a prestigious firm. The grad thinks that because he's got a college degree, that he's a lock for the position. In fact, every grad who's competing for the job thinks the same thing. But little do they know, there's another guy competing for that same job who's not a college graduate, but who has 15 years experience in that particular field. To make a long story short, the experienced guy ends up getting the job and the college grads are left wondering what happening. I've seen it happen. Even in the most competitive, professional environments, pragmatism wins. Had the company hired those young grads, their academic training wouldn't have been enough to complete their assigned duties. The company still would have had to train them how to do the job in the real world. But since the guy with 15 years experience has done it, and for so long, the company felt he was the better candidate because they knew he could come in and hit the ground running.

When it comes to my studies, every book I read is pragmatic. The authors may have an academic background, but you'd better believe that they also have real world experience to prove what they say is true. Those are the only kind of people I listen to, those that have done it...successfully. For example, I was reading "The Alchemy of Finance" by George Soros a few weeks ago. Mr. Soros is a billionaire who achieved that level of success through trading. Mr. Soros did attend college, but he himself said that what really made him wealthy was getting out in the real world. Warren Buffett, a billionaire with an academic background, said the same thing! These are both two of the richest men in the world concurring that pragmatism is absolutely vital.

I remember a conversation I was having with a guy. We were discussing whether we thought obtaining an MBA or being the apprentice of a successful businessman would be more beneficial for success in business. To my surprise, the guy believed that having an MBA would be the better option. What this guy (and people who think like him) fail to realize is that professors usually aren't businessmen. In fact, they've most likely never done a business deal in their lives. While their lessons may be valuable in the sense that the student learns the academic side of business, however, the pragmatic side is more important.

That reminds me of a book I was reading by Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank & Dragon's Den. If you're interested, the book is titled "Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life." In one part of the book, he told the story of an event that occurred between himself, a few other investors and a college professor. The story was basically this: He and Robert Herjavec (also of Shark Tank and Dragon's Den) struck a deal to invest $200,000 into a business created by a couple of college students. When the deal was to be finalized, the students brought their business professor with them. During the meeting, the professor basically attacked O'Leary and Herjavec, saying that since neither of them had business degrees, they had no business trying to help the two students with their businesess (mind you that Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Herjavec are both worth well over $100 Million dollars through businesses they both founded). For some strange reason, the students allowed the professor to run his mouth to the point where Robert Herjavec tore apart the check for $200,000 on national TV! All because they allowed academia to interfere with pragmatism.

I'm not telling anyone not to pursue academia. That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that anyone who wishes to excel in anything most take a pragmatic approach as well. That is because in my book, I define power as "Accurate knowledge that has been confirmed by intelligent action." What this means is that whatever we learn, assuming its accurate (knowledge), doesn't become power until we use it....successfully. Which explains my point about professors who teach in a lot of business schools. They're very smart men and women, but they most likely haven't done it. So what their knowledge hasn't been transformed into power. If you look at what we've been discussing, you'd see that the only thing separating the pragmatist from the academician is experience.