Title of Course: Economics 101
Black Power Economics: The Building Blocks
Mba Mbulu, Instructor
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Read the essay below. Afterwards,
try to get the best understanding you can of the following questions.
(1) What do Black individuals need to spend more of their time
doing?
(2) What is the difference between quality time and other time?
(3) Can an inferiority complex hinder the development of Black
Power Economics?
(4) What can a Black individual do to to say his/her time was
well spent?
Class #8: What Has To Be Managed? TIME [Audio Version]
Economics is a science; an organized system of activities (some economic systems are more highly organized than others) as opposed to a random series of activities. This will be one of several classes that asks fundamental Economics questions, and answers those questions as simply as possible. The question for this class is, "What has to be managed?"
We Have To Manage Our Time
On the personal and national/community
levels, there are several resources Black People have to manage.
These resources include, but are not necessarily limited to, the
following: People, Attitudes, Energy , Time, Skills, Wealth and
Money. In this class we will take a brief look at Time.
There are approximately 1437 minutes (almost 24 hours) in each
day. Each and every living person is doing something each and
every one of those minutes. In order to speed up the realization
of Black Power Economics, Black individuals need to make more
Black-centric use of more of their minutes.
What do Black individuals need to consume more of their time doing?
To begin with, each of Us needs to consume more time studying
the Black perspective. One reason so many Blacks are so quick
to jump on other people's bandwagons is because they have so little
conscious understanding of the Black reality. Most of what they
know about Black People is information that has been handed down
to them by prejudiced parties, and they have not armed themselves
with the information they need to effectively combat that prejudiced
perspective.
Black individuals also need to consume more of their time working
in the interest of Black-centric objectives. In a highly politicized
world such as the one We live in, there is nothing wrong with
looking out for your own people's interests first, and looking
out for the interests of others afterwards. In fact, under present
circumstances, that is what politically mature and politically
responsible people are expected to do. Too many black individuals
have been convinced that that is not the correct thing to do.
We need to understand that that is the foremost of correct things
to do.
And, Black individuals need to consume more of their time developing
a greater comfort zone with themselves. Black individuals are
still thinking of themselves in ways that are typical of people
with an inferiority complex. People who possess an inferiority
complex, as a rule, are not going to use their time in ways that
benefit them.
Presently, We devote so little quality time to the development
of Black Power realities that most of Us cannot honestly say Black
Power Economics is important to Us. The development of Black Power
Economics requires that Black individuals invest more quality
time addressing the human needs of Black People and less quality
time being white power economic consumers. More quality minutes
of each day will contribute to the growth of Black Power Economics,
and less minutes of each day will contribute to the recession
of white power economics. That is time well spent.