Happy Friday to all. I hope you have a most wonderful day and weekend. We should all try and be a better person. Life to me is about me growing as a person and giving as much love as I can give to my family and others. It is a sad day when someone we love die and we think "what could have been" if we had only reached out to him/her. I remind not only you but myself, to love now. There are many family members that I have not communicated with in years. It is sad but true. I love my family. I want to reach out to them and let them know of my love. However, I believe it is a fear of rejection that has prevented me from taking action in the past. This fear prevented me from taking affirmative action. I do not want to just think about it anymore. I must act now. So I share with each of you my goal to reach out to family members that I have had limited and/or no contact. I will reach out this weekend. I will report to you next week. Now back to the subject of the day.
The Ugly:
ugly:disagreeable; unpleasant; objectionable
When I arrived in Florida, I found out soon thereafter that most African Americans, that I encountered, have an ugly attitude toward their own. I must, at this point, share with you what actually happened to me when I questioned an employee in the Miami-Dade Small Business Enterprise office about contracting opportunities.
I registered my small business in this office, so I began to bid on various jobs in order to contract with the county. The lady that selects the companies, in my field for county work, rejected my offer. She is hispanic. I called her on the telephone and spoke to her to inquire as to why my company was rejected. I requested the name and other information on the winning bid. In my official request to the contracting officer, I sent a carbon copy (cc) to the small business office. The Small Business Enterprise office, housed the people who are in charge of over seeing the selection process for companies in Miami-Dade. The lady I cc was African American. I never received any acknowledgment from this A.A. female, that she received my inquiry. So I called her.
When she answered the phone, I introduced myself and asked her if she received a copy of my inquiry. She acknowledged receipt. I then queried her regarding documentation to evidence which companies were receiving the contracts in Miami-Dade. I declared that she has to have knowledge that the majority of the county contracts are awarded to Hispanic companies. I asked for her response and you know what she did? She hung up the phone on me. Yes she did.
I should not have been surprised but I was. Most blacks here in this area are more concerned with their own personal plight as opposed to challenging the status quo and making sure that contracts are awarded fairly. This is the ugly truth.
It is as though Blacks/African Americans hate eachother here. They have no real love for themselves and definitely not eachother. That woman could care less that my business was wrongly overlooked for a contract. She has her position, she gets her pay check. Her position is advertised as concerned for small businesses but in reality it is only a front. She actually does not take any legitimate action. She sits in her office and pretends that everything is lovely. While most black businesses in this area are struggling to survive. The Hispanic businesses are thriving. They are awarded most of the county contracts while Blacks are awarded the leftovers. This is factual and cannot be disputed. I have actual reports from the county to support this position.
Wake up Black people. You have been lulled to a position of inactivity. Your minds are not actively thinking because most of the black men know only sports and lack business acumen. The black women spend too much time on weaves, nails, clothes, shoes, food, and disliking others because some of us try to take care of ourselves.
Wake Up.
L. for Love
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