Dear Hilary O. Shelton,
Senior VP of Advocacy, Director of the Washington Bureau
NAACP:
Someone once said that if you want to get something done you should do it yourself.
African Americans have depended on others to provide us with jobs, housing, education, security and a plethora of other needs and wants. As a result, we have the highest unemployment rate, the worst graduation rate, the poorest housing, the least secure neighborhoods and the lowest asset base than any group of people in the United States.
The old method of depending on others to provide for us has failed. We need to provide for ourselves.
We can accomplish this by pooling our resources (currently at over 500 billion) and build our way out of poverty.
I have outlined how this can be done in my book “No Excuses – A Guide Out Of Poverty” found on Amazon.com.
Let us stop asking for help and start providing help.
Elie V. Parker
San Leandro, CA
