People often shout “what’s the solution” when they hear critiques that fundamentally challenge their worldviews. They aren’t looking for an actual understanding, they are looking for a reason to dismiss the critique so they can rid of that dissonance that they feel. Whatever “solution” they are offered will be easily dismissed because they haven’t fully engaged with critique as to the source of the problem. And they don’t want to engage with the critique because it makes them feel bad.

Sitting on a panel tonight where the topic is about building wealth in the Black community. I already know folks not gonna like what I have to say lol They sent me the questions ahead of time. All the questions center around financial literacy.

One of the questions is “How can financial literacy programs help empower Black communities to break cycles of poverty?”