In_The_662
Deeeeep In The Delta.....
Owning your own product also means owning and controlling the natural resources required to make your product, which is where we really fall short. We can make textiles and other clothing items, but the materials required to make those products are controlled by others, which they control the prices. This is why Europeans spent several centuries colonizing Africa and other parts of the world. I hate to say this, but we are not even making a dent in the world economic affairs, but I get what Master P. is trying to convey. It's at least a start.
We could start with the media which would be a lot easier per se. A real black news network (I know there is one already but it cant hurt to have more than one), black online news source (Don't think any of the major ones are black owned now outside of Essence (which is black owned since last year but not by FBA) and The Grio) and ESPECIALLY black entertainment companies where we can make our own movies without Hollyweird
Oddly enough, people are now just realizing that Master P laid the blueprint for what is Netflix and others back in 1997 when he was making movies out of pocket and making big money from them (I'm Bout It cost about $200K to make but he sold 100K copies at $20 a pop PLUS a multi-platinum soundtrack to go along with it)