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Engaging in work that was both intellectually interesting and financially rewarding.
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asked by SoSoulfull
A woman who is as passionate about her ideas as she is about loving. Nurturing attractive to me and willing to have us be mutually dedicated to each other's happiness.
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Fight in Jihad for the pleasure of Allah
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I've been in love on more than one occasion but have loved many women. The key for a man is to know the difference. When you are in love with a woman you know you need her like you need food. When you love her you like having her like a nice drink.
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asked by DivaKattGoddess
A date I had with a woman in law school who was an AKA to see Leaving Las Vegas with Nicholas Cage. Horrible date movie.
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I recently had a day dream about dancing with Michelle Obama. I day dream often about a variety of things.
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The need to worship my creator.
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To abandon Islam. Got that advice from my own mother. She was beyond wrong.
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My Cousin the Music producer Ricky St. Hilaire
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I think food production in the form of farming co-operatives would be a possible idea the diaspora could invest in under a corporate management structure. Furthermore, vocational education: trade schools could be an excellent vehicle to increase the skill sets of Haitians and make them viable for employment.
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I never have, nor do I now affiliate myself with The Nation of Islam. I have no idea why you think I would affiliate myself with such a movement. My faith requires me to fully submit to the will of The Creator within the traditions of all the righteous Prophets of the Almighty, especially his last and final one, who was the seal of the Prophets.
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First, I don't bully women. I worked as a lawyer in domestic violence court processing the cases of hundreds of women who were beaten my men. I deplore any violence or abuse of women. But what I will do is force women to stand by their beliefs and defend them if they choose to present them in a public forum, especially if they're beliefs have any affect on me as a man. Your analysis assumes that women are weak and unable to speak for themselves when a man intellectually challenges their values. I'm quite appalled. That's very sexist of you.
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Perhaps one of the best books on Black Culture I've read has been Harold Cruse's "The Crisis of The Negro Intellectual." Cruse takes Black intellectuals to task and rightly so. Sadly, many of the problems he discusses are very common among today's Black intellectuals.
E. Franklin Frazier's, "The Black Bourgeoisie," gives an accurate depiction of the problems among the "Black elite." He discusses what plagues this class within the Black community and how in many ways they've been nothing but tools used to maintain the status quo.
Carter G. Woodson, "The Mis-Education of the Negro," is a classic that explains how higher education in America is not designed to empower Blacks with the tools to truly combat the overarching problem that allows their condition, but in fact teaches them to perpetuate the same dysfunction that hinders the overall Black community, but on a higher level with more refinement and nuance. -
Seems like you're seeking a forum to express your own thoughts. Can I suggest you start a formspring.me account for yourself?
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Some in the legal profession find criminal work unseemly because of the nature of the practice and the type of clients one will generally represent. I don't share that opinion. A lawyer who dedicates his career to protecting the accused from the abuses of the state performs one of the highest callings in a society in my eyes.
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The business "elite" in Haiti benefit from a principle in economics and business called "Comparative Advantage." Its basically a fancy way to say that a particular group of economic actors have intrinsic advantages that allow them to excel in a commercial environment.
First we have explain what the Haitian "elite" signifies. There are elite families in Haiti that can trace their lineage to the early 19th century, even back to the Haitian Revolution, that have very little intersection with commercial activity but derive great respect from the society because of their families history. Many of these families make up what has traditionally been known as "The Petite-Bourgeois" of a society. Meaning, they were not captains of industry, but made up the traditional class of Haitian Doctors, Lawyers, Professors, Agronomists, Poets, etc, etc. The late radio personality Jean Dominique is a perfect example of this--what I call the TRUE--Haitian elite. Dominique could trace his family lineage back to soldiers who fought in some of the most illustrious battles of the Haitian revolution at very high levels, subsequently his family received land, wealth, and status resulting from that history but it was sadly squandered over time. This is a common narrative for this class of Haitians.
The economic actors you are referring to are what I call Haiti's "Commercial Class." These are Haiti's "captains of industry" if you will. Pejoratively, some refer to them as "The B.A.M.B.A.M," with each letter signifying the first letter in the last name of the top six families in this "Commercial Class"
Frankly, for MY PERSONAL definition, I don't even consider these people Haitian since almost none of them can trace their presence on the Island back to the Haitian revolution. These families were expatriated Europeans and Arabs that came to Haiti from the 1880's - 1920's and exploited their international connections, White and light skinned privilege, and experience with commercial activity in their respective homeland to master the "Comparative Advantage" I spoke of earlier. Sadly, because Haiti is not a nation of laws, these families have maintained a complete monopoly like choke hold on major commercial activity in Haiti since the Americans left in 1934. Much to the disadvantage of the majority of Haitian people. That is not capitalism, it is a cartel-like commercial oligarchy that stifles development and inhibits competition.
The Haitian diaspora must combat this form of commercial activity with intense passion if they are to ever safe guard the future of the Country.
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Loading...Thought Merchant’s Bio
Lawyer, Blogger, and iconoclast who loves all things politics. I enjoy global affairs and aspects of pop culture. Child of the Haitian Revolution. HAITI!!!
