by Jonathan P-Wright | Jan 5, 2022 | Black Girl Magic, Black Owned Business, Business News |
How Black Entrepreneurs are Generating Wealth in Technology for Generations to Come
Modern-day black entrepreneurs are disrupting major industries across the world, from Silicon Valley to Hollywood. In this article created for our Entrepreneur Spotlight Series, we aim to find out more about how these influencers have been able to generate so much business for themselves and others in the technology industry.
How technology has impacted the black community in the past
While there’s been a surge in the number of black-owned tech companies, technology hasn’t always been good for the black community. In fact, it was at one point destroying it–perhaps not on purpose, but still. There was a time when black Americans were very dependent on information and data from newspaper and media outlets to inform them and make decisions about everything from healthcare to how they spent their money. Today we have the platforms we need to access this content ourselves and learn more about what we want and how to achieve it.
Technology isn’t just a means of spreading information. It’s become a brand and a tool that has enabled many to be innovative in ways never seen before, including those working on the sidelines of media.
The black community is more conscious about representation in media, entrepreneurship in the content creation space, and information about black culture than ever before.
Black entrepreneurs are generating wealth in technology for generations to come
Black entrepreneurs are fighting to redirect the negative stigmas that surround them. These recent graduates are no longer content with being on welfare or cutting on means; they are forging new opportunities to develop security for themselves and their communities on their own terms.
Technology is one of many tools these entrepreneurs are utilizing to create this change, developing innovative products and solutions via mobile phone apps, cloud computing, drones, sensors, 3D printers are just some of the topics discussed during the 21st Century African-American Entrepreneur Awards event hosted by Heineken on June 13th.
Entrepreneurship plays a significant role in economic prosperity
Black entrepreneurship is a significant and essential vehicle for economic prosperity, both now and into the future. Black-owned businesses generate approximately $34 billion in sales but hold only one percent of general contracting jobs. That statistic demonstrates the necessity of following up on roots, opposed to placing all one’s business eggs in baskets outside of oneself.
For many African Americans, entrepreneurship is the best way to obtain economic prosperity. It gives you complete control of your resources and what you are producing, but it also allows you to set your own goals. This can make a big difference in achieving goals mainly because it will be defined by the entrepreneur’s true desires. For African American entrepreneurs who choose business ownership, food service or retail are two of the most popular industries.
It’s a little-known fact that well over half of tech start-ups today are founded by women, despite the statistics that tech is no longer a field mostly dominated by men. Operating out of Silicon Valley to tech meccas like Detroit and New York City, tech sector entrepreneurship has been rising as an area of interest for many disparities. Tech entrepreneurs now make up the third-largest economic sector in Detroit alone.
This article was penned by Jonathan P. Wright. Jonathan is a freelance writer for multiple mainstream publications and CVO of RADIOPUSHERS. You can read more of his work by clicking here.
by Jonathan P-Wright | Dec 24, 2021 | Latest, Music News, Social Justice |
Following the Astroworld Festival tragedy, Travis Scott has hired attorney Daniel Petrocelli.
Having a practice experience of representing high-profile clients, including Donald Trump.
Heading Los Angeles-based law firm O’Melveny & Myers, Petro celli was appointed to represent Trump against fraud claims filed over Trump University real estate courses.
According to Revolt, Petrocelli sent letters out to the various lawyers representing the kin of those who died during Scott’s Astroworld Festival.
During an interview, he said that his client was devastated by the Astroworld tragedy and that he grieves for the families whose loved ones died or sustained injuries Speaking on behalf of Travis, lawyer Petrocelli promised Travis would settle funeral expenses for victims of the tragedy, including Mr. Blount’s son.
Extending financial aid to cater for funeral expenses was, however, not taken well by the families of the victims, especially the Blount family.
Losing a young kid during the tragedy is genuinely painfully. Regarding Scott’s offer, Blount, through his lawyer, rejected the proposal to cover funeral expenses.
Giving a statement, Bob Hilliard, representing Blount’s family, said that Scott faces a journey of pain and remorse ahead. According to Bob, Scott must face and hopefully see that he bears some of the responsibility for Astroworld tragedy.
Facing a lawsuit of $2 billion, Scott is being held responsible for the tragedy of fatalities and casualties. According to the lawsuit, Scott is accused of inciting the crowd into a frenzy and blames organizers for not considering safety concerns.
This article was penned by Jonathan P. Wright. Jonathan is a freelance writer for multiple mainstream publications and CVO of RADIOPUSHERS. You can read more of his work by clicking here.
by Samantha J Rice | Dec 18, 2021 | Latest, Music News, New Music Alert |
Exciting and entertaining has been a hobby and job for MAD SKILLZ, who doubles as a DJ and producer.
Spanning for two decades and gaining popularity for end-of-year rap ups, the Virginia born MC has kept an entire generation entertained. According to Skillz,’ he began releasing the popular end-of-year “Rap Up” in 2002.’
Remaining the first-ever artist-in-residence at the University of Richmond, Mads killz adds to many other achievements. Taking to Twitter on Saturday (November 3), he announced he was calling it quits.
Taking to his Twitter page, Skillz wrote,” Hope you enjoyed 20 years of raps ups bcuz come this time next year?” Exiting the entertainment industry came as a so his followers and fans.
Living up to fans’ expectations, Skillz used to kill every end year with his rap up which was basically a summary of the year’s events and major happenings.
Starting his rap up events, Skillz rapped over Common’s “Come Close” featuring Mary J. Blige.
Performing during one of Rap up events, Skillz also joked about Christina Aguilera, Slick Rick, Suge Knight, Eminem, Justin Timberlake and the Clipse’s Grindin being the hardest records of the year.
According to Mad skillz there gonna be no 2021 Rap Up from him. Celebrating his achievements, Skillz acknowledged being the most influential, imitated, concept rapper of all time
Following Skillz decision to stop creating the end-of-year “Rap Up” tracks, fans have flooded the comments on his socials (Instagram and Twitter) where they expressed their disappointment and praises. During the start of this year, Uncle Murda started his own version of rap up and named it Drink Champs.
Expressing his displeasure with the Uncle Murda event, Mad Skillz stated that Uncle Murda had not consulted nor credited him.
Making reference to Uncle Murda Drink Champs event, one twitter user wrote “Damn was waiting for that Drink Champs mention and then I know we made it!”
This article was penned by Jonathan P. Wright. Jonathan is a freelance writer for multiple mainstream publications and CVO of RADIOPUSHERS. You can read more of his work by clicking here.
by Jonathan P-Wright | Dec 8, 2021 | Latest, Social Justice |
A black student named Elias West is currently playing football for Layton’s Layton High School. He used the N-word while playing the game in October and was punished for abusive word use. Team seniors make it clear while running that the white student from the opposite team used the N-word first. While referee only throws out the black student West from the match.
The salt Lake Turbine states that the discrimination happened during a Layton High School football match gaming event. While recalling the happening, Elias West told the team players that the outsider team boy said, “Stay down, you nigger” while standing behind him and clenching him. “Don’t call me a nigger,” said West, defending himself against the accusation.
West told and claimed that the referee announced my ejection from the game based on racism after a few minutes. Heeding with the Utah High School Activities Association’s zero-tolerance policy. West was barred from playing in the next two games. West was forced to cancel his final regular-season game, which would have enabled college recruiters to see him in action.
Lissa, the mother of West, is white. She asked the referee for reconsideration. She tried to explain why his son would use such words with no issue, but the refs did not listen to her. She adds more, and the other team celebrated the victory while his son cried throughout the night for standing against racism.
The US Department of Justice narrated in a report a few months before this incident. The Davis School District has declined to respond satisfactorily to hundreds of harassment and assault charges. Such cases could not rescue African-American and Asian-American students.
West says football ground is proved as a life-changing experience for him. He added that the football ground is a must going place for me, and I should speak up for myself and other blacks against racism without thinking about racism.
This article was penned by Jonathan P. Wright. Jonathan is a freelance writer for multiple mainstream publications and CVO of RADIOPUSHERS. You can read more of his work by clicking here.
by Jonathan P-Wright | Dec 8, 2021 | Latest, Social Justice |
Jeffrey Thornton, a black man, is filing a case against a visual and audio company because despite being eligible, the firm did not hire him. Despite being eligible for employment, the company refused to hire him for hair cutting. Encore Global’s San Diego’s one branch was taking interviews for a position, and they rejected the suing man based on the look as told by the hiring manager.
He files a case based on the law known as CROWN Act. Crown Act defines rules for managers while hiring the employees and avoid hair basis discrimination. Officially enacted in 2019, Article 13 of the Human Rights Act establishes discriminatory practices as attacks motivated by “attributes typically associated with race, such as hair texture and hairstyles.”
In a news conference, Thornton’s attorney Adam Kent believed that professionalism is related to competency and not only about fitting in Eurocentric norms. He added that workers should be judged on abilities and character, but they handled the Thornton case differently. Kent said that his client’s demands for the damages and changes in policies for black Americans.
Thornton worked at Florida’s Encore Global before the pandemic, and because of lockdown, he lost his job during COVID year; his hair was never a problem for him. Encore Global’s spokesperson apologized for miscommunications and for not meeting the grooming policies in a complete manner. Additionally, he said for further improvement in the company’s policies to avoid any ambiguity in the future.
This article was penned by Jonathan P. Wright. Jonathan is a freelance writer for multiple mainstream publications and CVO of RADIOPUSHERS. You can read more of his work by clicking here.
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