"BUILD THE BA$E"
Esther Kelly has lived through it all, 94 years, 1930 to present. She has seen the good, bad, and the ugly across nine decades. My mother is the wisest woman I’ll ever know. When I informed her, back in 2019, about the alarming prediction, that by 2053, African Americans are predicted to have zero media wealth, she didn’t dismiss it, like so many others want to do. Given her longevity, experience, and wisdom, I asked my mother how , how could this prediction persist, with so many African Americans among us, who appear to be doing well and wealthy. We have a whopping combined annual disposable income at $1.8 Trillion and growing. Our intellectual prowess is indisputable. We are now well represented and contribute our genius to most every professional field. In my mother’s lifetime, she’s lived to see an African American President, and possibly a 2 nd ! How can we be headed toward zero median wealth? ARE WE MERELY POSTURING AND NOT PROSPERING? My mother then said 4 words that