Should Successful Black People Invest in The Hood? 

I think the best way of giving back to the community is like what you guys do. Giving information.

No matter if it’s the hood or the suburbs, home is home and most people will always have a natural connection to it.

First step stop claiming being hood or ghetto. It’s not a flex. A man can still be strong, masculine, and a protector without claiming to be street, hood, and ghetto.

Learning architecture and engineering would help with real gentrification

Invest but not live.

Years ago, I used to tell my husband, never forget where you come from, but don't stay there(mentally).

The issue with the "buy back the hood" conversation is that it never goes far enough. Sending a check to the local school, handing out turkeys, or even opening a business just ISN'T enough. It requires a full, top-down, integration of every single development aspect needed to spur advancement. It can't just be "Open a business-hire locals- spend money-repeat" or "Dropping off turkeys on Thanksgiving". After you open that business and hire workers, are you developing them to expand your enterprise? Are you spending the money on products and services you would like see in the community? Are you just giving some to money to open a bakery (for example), or are you helping them to secure proper permits, registrations, legal assistance, etc? Are you voting to ensure the tax dollars you are generated are going to the things that require immediate attention? Are your kids going to schools? Are you spending money on schools PASSED what is given by the local government? It's all connected and it's wild that how relatively "small" the imagine of buying back the block is to so many people. It requires more effort and more money than any One rapper or politician hope to assess. Folks talking about handing out sneakers when the school board has a $3 million dollar shortfall, and they never read the budget or cared to vote against the guy who wanted to use the money to fund new tasers for the police.

Cut the check for the hood then bounce. It's too risky to be on the front lines or boots on the ground if you are a celebrity, famous, or a public figure. Too many of our people are being killed or attacked by our own people. Move in silence or with caution.

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Here's my take: We find other Brothers and Sisters that we can work with and move out of the major cities. We need to rebuild in other places because the soil is spoiled where we at. Many years of institutionalized racism, normalized dysfunction, and self-hate is the trend in the ghetto and it wasnt designed for us to succeed their. We need to get out of these places, take Black folks who want to rebuild with us and start over somewhere thats not entirely fucked up. Unfortunately some of our Brothers and Sisters in the hood are infected with a sociological disease that's been plagued upon us sense slavery. We can't save all these people, by we can become the example by rebuilding, then maintaining, and then passing the formula down to our children and their children's children. Now more than ever we have all the tools needed to thrive and become the great people that we know we are. And then one day, when we've built a stronger and more united community, we can return to the hood and guide our people in the right direction. It's a marathon not a sprint.

Build more coops in the communities and let the see they can own a stake in the community and when they own something the take more pride in the community and mindset changes

Not every black person is from the “block” or the “hood” stupid question to pose

Every hood the same there is nothing fascinating about poverty

You always appreciate where you come from. Even if it was a toxic environment, you appreciate having the opportunity to "get out" but you never should forget where you came from. It's the hood that teaches you, but you have to re-create your life as well, once your not in the neighborhoods you grew up in.

Y everybody else can build in our community but we cant.. that says alot about us.

We should invest in education and the hood would fix itself!

Love when you said move past a mindset that keeps you in the hood or tethered to it and its mentality.

Can we start by working within our families first? Repair those relationships and then spread out to the community. Rashad made that point. Hired friends and family for EYL.

*Thanks for this video! I feel sympathy and empathy for our country's low income, people are suffering to survive. I appreciate Mylah Evander you've helped my family with your advice! Imagine investing $1.5k and receiving $5k in 4days*

Make a distinction between giving back and investing in. They are not the same. You may have to get away and it's smart to do so. Investing in the hood should be a part of the success not just something one does once they've "arrived". You don't have to be there to invest there. People, myself included, are constantly looking elsewhere. It's always when questions like this are posed that the simple reality hits and seems so profound. Then I start kicking myself for being so far behind. Your hood is somebody else's elsewhere. No one has to know you're behind that deal 2 blocks over from your childhood home.

Ian keep being Ian

Of course

No

Leave and take others with you. Move to the south where you can invest in black people who aren't in "hoods" The south is where our power should be centered

Only if it's financially feasible. It may be a situation where there is no profit made but the expenses can be written off of course. You don't have to personally be in the neighborhood to get some things done that's why you create organizations and trusts

brilliant convo bros

It's not about giving back to a neighborhood. It's about giving back to the people who purchase your product. These are your sponsors.

Damn, Ian is completely missing Rashad’s point…and NO, we shouldn’t be OBLIGATED to give back. No mercy

Nope!

This is a topic that shoulda been organized

Make sure you gave your mask on before trying to help someone else. For me, you need to be higher up to even consider tackling the issue. Obligation should always be from the self. Personally, not my place but you should just secure your own, heal and teach your children what you've learned.

Yo let's think about what reinvesting in the hood really means... It's the children that we need to focus on the nutrition the food that they're eating either at home or at school so that they can advance and compete on a real level. so we won't continue to have these conversations about having to have conflict with the youth in the hoods

I have seen where people invest in the hood and the people livong there don't know how to live better. The best investment the hood needs is training. Send people to classes to learn financial literacy, etiquette, couth, and the overall condition of our people. Wake folks up before you put sugar on shyte.

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Yes, because most of them came from the hood, and just because you are successful, you shouldn’t look down on anyone, but there is a danger going back because some black just have a criminal element in their DNA no matter what! So, you should help but be very cautious and careful! Because some people are ignorant and jealous, so some people do not have respect for your success. I’m a Senior Citizen and I’m not doing so well in health or finance, but I have old fashioned morals, I prefer having a good character and a decent person, and nobody owes me anything, just because I’m not doing so good doesn’t mean I’m supposed to be jealous, or expect someone to give me something, I came from a Generation where we worked for whatever we got or had. We went to Church on Sundays. We were indoors when the street lights came on, we didn’t fight with guns, we didn’t listen to nasty vulgar rap music, same sex marriage was unheard of and was not even discussed!

Joint business ventures = community owned businesses. CoOp grocery stores etc…

You dont have to live in the hood to invest in it. And this is a dumb question to begin with. If it wasnt good to invest in the hood, then gentrification wouldn't even be a thing. The biggest gains in real estate comes from the hood.

If someone would talk about this at a large scale... I wonder what would be said. Ask the same question to Wealthy people, Rich, Middle class and then dirt poor. Ask the same questions to them and I would be very interested to see what their responses would be.

Nipsey Hustle is the perfect example of the crux of the problem. How can the Asian market, Arab gas station, White-owned project, Indian liquor store exist, practically untouched, for decades? Yet, Black run businesses barely survive a few years. There's something very insidious about that construct, and investment should be made into the programs and foot soldiers that stay around to combat that. There was a sharp decrease in the number of young men walking around my town with their pants sagging once the Black barbers got together and addressed that with their clients. Anybody keeping drama brewing in the neighborhood needs to be checked. And we need to stop referring to it as the 'hood' and celebrate its wins, not just glorify its horrific losses. No one is coming to save us, but us!

Yes, there are cultures that are more empathetic to their hoods' and are setup to take care of those in it, Look at the Hasidic community. That's part of their culture that's designed by their religious devotion, community responsibility and cultural dicatatesEvery nationality here in the US does that in different ways. The unique thing about the Black community is that many have been subjected to some of the worst areas in a borough or city. When folks do make it out, they are genuinely not trying to visit those memories sometimes, especially if they are traumatic. Others, will always visit and reminisce. But for the most part, life is too short to try and help those still there. If you can, so be it, but that's alot to ask or even expect someone to do. The Hood is a construct that society created, it was not something that Black people created, we just make the best of our situation. And that's the key, when you make the best of it, you can benefit or not. It's your perspective and goals in life. Eveyone has friends they grew up with, but many of those same friends are no longer a part of our circles for various reasons.

I haven’t watched the video yet but one side of my mind says.. “well, yes!” Why? Bc in my heart I truly believe That we won’t strive until we’re can help each other survive. Am I there yet? No! But I’m gonna die trying. And you will respect me! And you will respect my kind! Matta fact .. bow down! Now, let it post

I think we should, but from a distance. We have to keep in mind Nipsey and Cam. However, with it, we have to take into consideration who we are moving around. So, use allies through the legal system, businesses, and law enforcement as well, but do it secretively for their good. If you let them know what you're doing, they may pull a Jam Master Jay move on you.

A lot of folks do not understand how to get back. One of the problems were giving back is knowing how to get back. The other thing is Cam Newton getting jumped by some teenagers, to say that wouldn't happen to them white football players you guys probably all right, when you grow up completely different with their respect in your schools with the respect from your peers respect in your household and you are not fighting over scraps where you're forced to be disrespectful because you want to talk better then those things are going to happen in the black community. If you look at the videos online most of the black content from the young and the older folks at least in America the people are angry that bothered they are upset that frustrated they pissed off they had enough and they not taking it no more in the first one to get it will be someone that looks like them It will come from your own because those people are closest to you in proximity. Now if can Newton would have went to a small country town where black folks were at They would have been rejoicing to see him because they grow up different. The other thing is yes you should get back to where you came from You have to be careful and strategic the way that you get back. Just because you turn into a celebrity don't mean you have to come back make an announcement and have a big old scene or cameras and things saying hey I'm showing my support from where I grew up at. You don't have to do it that way be strategic go where things are organized at. Like pick a high school pick three high schools pick a junior high school pick a elementary school be smart going to a football field some of these folks are fresh off the street some of them live on the street a lot of them all they know is straight. At least you'll be in a controlled setting if you do it out of school or someone else's organization. You don't even have to organize You can pop up. Too many celebs are trying to be someone they are not. Be smart be thoughtful be considerate and understand the situation that you're putting yourself in bottom line.

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Man this a tough convo frfr. As someone who's actively involved in ministries and many other programs like mentoring and volunteer coaching, our people have a DEEP infatuation hood culture, flexing on one another, and overall negativity. Keeping it 💯 sometimes i just dont see it ever changing bc its like entrenched to the core. Ive been in prisons and black kids have no hope and 99% of them are proud to serve time. We even had some who would get out of jail and come to the church, get involved, get jobs but go back to those friends and end up back in jail. Its a nasty cycle. We always worried about the wrong things. There's pressure to wear the nicest clothes, drive the nicest cars, have and flaunt guns, and be "self made". American Hispanics are similar but more tight knit and it pains my heart to say it but the ones who are more around their own than blacks are just generally nicer people. But theres a part of me that cant turn my back on the hood. Just been through too much. I was once just a kid in the hood with big dreams too. So I appreciate the opportunity to go back and offer advice to the kids or help them in anyway whether it be tutoring, Bible study, helping them learn instruments, coaching sports or just supporting them. All at ZERO cost. Bc it was never about the money. Genuinely want them to succeed and make a positive impact bc one day they are going to have the responsibility of making sacrifices and looking out for the next generation while learning from the good and the bad of the generation before them. The hood molded me into who i am. And im grateful for actual bad people who had good enough moments to let me know not to get involved in this life. They told me go out and do better bro. F the hood life. It aint nothing here. So i know theres good in the hood... But man is there more bad... But the thing is its going to take more than a few people. As I've stated I get involved in any way possible and its usally the same people year after year who are heading all of the programs and sacrificing time and resources to help make an impact in the hood. So I'm speaking from experience. Its the same people trying to do the samw things and barely any new people join year after year. Thats a problem. Yes it takes true sacrifice... They say it takes a village, and thats just for ONE child. We need people who are in the hood already, combined with people who left to invest in things that matter and then we need way more police PRESENCE. 12 just needs to be around to help prevent alot of violent crimes. But i stand on getting us to have a heart for God. Bc you'll see your brothers and sisters differently. You'll stop listening to the atrocity of music that we have to push out that stains your soul at a young age. What are we thinking our young black kids are doing drive bys, robberies and other crimes listening to gospel music? Are they twerking to Talib? We wonder why so many of us turn into Thugs and Thots while they listen to that kind of music EVERY SINGLE DAY. And we'll defend our "hip hop" music to the death... Let's keep it a buck. And that very same music is the core of how black men and women treat each other so poorly. And we also need to stop kicking kids out at 18 and stop teasing people who still living at home (unless playful or they deserve it or something. Some banter or holding someone accountable is ok). White people thrive on that. They fail at so much but get bailed out by their parents until they hit on something and then turn around and put the family on. Its just so much we have to change but we can still be proud of our culture. But our culture needs an injection of positivity and accountability. And our relationship with money gotta change. We put it over EVERYTHING and that becomes dangerous bc at that point your mindset is already tainted towards people and the needs of people bc any and everything is essentially 2nd place off rip. Not saying dont go make your money or not let your money work for you. Just make sure your heart is right and you have to draw lines you wont ever cross for the bag or just getting it to flex. But overall in life period you should be giving or giving back to something. I can ive seen lives change. With enough time, resources and the grace of God, it's all possible. But we gotta want it and it can't just be millionaires throwing money back at the hood. It takes a village. And God has to be involved so the motivation is LOVE above anything else

Yes

I fear. That ship has sailed I've begun to understand why God decided to destroy the world. And start over again. Not sure if we can overcome our current mindset. Yes we will continue to have individual successes, but the community?? Truly would take an act of GOD!!!

Yes invest but be quiet about it hide behind a company learn from big corporations

I think people in the hood should invest in our own neighborhoods. We generate the capital to buy Fendi Gucci Jordan's Thousand dollar weaves that same capital can fund the repair our neighborhoods

We have to think bigger we need are own cities country or planet that we run and govern how s that for forward thinking

HELL NAW!!!

Own our shelves,own our products...own advertising,own markets and definitely own technology rights ....own business and propaganda and employment skills and knowledge of self sufficient markets rather it's black market or legal we control the commerce

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Why are we required to do all these things only the ones who want better for themselves can take this journey with me

There's some fair points here but remember Nipsey Hussle wasn't innocent. We love him dearly but he got blood on his hands. He was a crypt. He was not some honorable citizen so to speak. He turned his life around and we respect him and we admire him for it. But we have to be honest about who some of these people are. He wasn't just killed randomly. He was killed because of his past most likely. And is it possible the cops have something to do with it? That's possible, but again it's more to do with his lifestyle. From being a gang member, he should not have died, but this is what happens when you're in a certain lifestyle so he wasn't simply killed because he gave back to the black community. If you guys don't want to help the ghetto the black community just say that you don't have to make excuses. There's a million in one reasons why you could just not help. But be honest, you all don't want to help your people in that close proximity. You would rather be online and pass on information and if that's what you want to do that's what you want to do but Don't act like some of the people who have given back were saints because these are oftentimes the same people who help destroy the community again. I love Nipsey but we got to keep it real

🤔wonder what “the hoods” would be like if all the middle to upper middle class blacks that moved to the burbs stayed in the cities look like🤔. We could have awesome black communities . History says it’s possible ( Tulsa- black wall street). That would be a good movement

Yes we need Black-owned Fortune 500 companies buying every single predominantly black neighborhood and eradicate unemployment amongst our people

Boy what? How you gone invest in the hood when they movin grocery stores and gas stations out the hood due to crime. Hell Nawl! 😂😂😂😂😂

If you can't protect it and have your source of utilities and have a private military NO, America is over only a fool would invest into a burning house that gasoline is being poured into. I suggest if your smart invest in Alkebulan the future but I know my people we love being on the bottom betting on losing the team.

Ask the Chinese and Koreans

Yes they should invest. Put money back in your neighborhood. It’s people like y’all leading my people wrong. I’m done want be listened to y’all no more

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Wrong on so many accounts.

Of course not , no money there , tenants tho pay on time etc

I don’t think it’s that deep. If its genuinely in your heart then give back to where you’re from, I mean you should want to. If it’s not then don’t. Giving back can be small also… seeing kids or a family at the store and offering to buy them something Also not every black person is from a low income environment so it only applies to the ones it applies to