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My Truth By Cheryl Smith Publisher

A Dream Deferred Harlem What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Langston Hughes Another election has come and gone and there’s another one waiting around the corner! Wednesday morning quarterbacking was in in full effect as everyone, yes, everyone I talked to; had something to say. If only. Why? WTH? How? What were they thinking? If I woulda, coulda, shoulda Next time… And I even got a few, I told you… So what’s a person to do? Which brings me to my truth. Some might say democracy is about to explode. The Honorable Rev. Jesse Jackson, almost 40 years ago, told us to, “Keep Hope Alive.” If you’re like me, you need a message today. You need a sign. You need something that will help you get over the hump, because for me every day, not just Wednesday, has become “hump day” as I attempt to grow and bring others along with me. As we prepare for the next election there has to be some tough, hard and insightful conversations. Some people need to be hired, fired, retrained, educated, while others need to have a come to their inspiration meeting because things can’t keep going on the way they have been going if this world is going to get better. Then too, there is a conversation that has to be had with that person in the mirror. Begin there and see what happens!

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2022

VOLUME X

With Pending Criminal, Civil, Congressional Investigations, Trump Formally Announces By Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Senior National Correspondent

Six hundred and seventy-eight days after he inspired arguably the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history and almost single-handedly destroyed American democracy, Donald J. Trump formally announced that he’s running for president. The twice-impeached former president made the announcement ostensibly at the scene of one of his more recent alleged crimes. With a gaggle of American flags hanging in the background and dozens of family members and supporters looking on, Trump declared his 2024 candidacy at Mara-Lago, his Florida compound. “Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests and my fellow cit-

izens, America’s comeback starts now,” Trump told his cheering faithful. With Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen as the early favorite to win the 2024 GOP nomination, Trump took a bow for “all the promises I’ve kept.” However, most observers have noted that a border wall on the Southern U.S. border never occurred and Mexico, as Trump famously promised, never paid for such a project. While in office, Trump never released his tax returns and a healthcare plan he continually promised that would usurp Obamacare, never happened. In August, authorities searched the Mar-a-Lago residence and reportedly retrieved masses of classified federal documents that he allegedly and illegally removed

Donald Trump

from the White House after Joe Biden’s resounding victory over Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s announcement comes even as several investigations continue. Earlier in the day, Allen Weis-

selberg, the former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, testified in a criminal tax fraud case that Trump himself “authorized” the scheme. Weisselberg, 75, added that Trump knew compensation for executives included perks such as apartments and luxury cars instead of extra salary. In April of 2021, Weisselberg and the company were both indicted. Authorities haven’t charged Trump with any wrongdoing. In August 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a civil suit that Trump and three of his adult children engaged in a decade’s worth of fraud, inflating Trump’s net worth by billions of dollars. Read more at www.GarlandJournal.com

TCU Honors James Cash ’69 with Statue, Honorary Doctorate From Staff Reports

Dr. James Cash

James Cash ’69, a leader in sports, community and education, cemented his place in TCU history Friday. On the same day the university dedicated his statue in front of the Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena, Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. presented him with an Honorary Doctor of Science, honoris causa. “Through your courage and determination, you used your experiences and perspectives

to move TCU — and other organizations you touched — forward,” Chancellor Boschini said at the statue dedication. Cash was the first Black student-athlete at TCU, was the first Black basketball player in the Southwest Conference, and has continued his leadership throughout his life. “TCU helped me accomplish more than others thought possible, by teaching me to care more than others thought wise, which empowered me to take more risk than others thought

was safe,” Cash’s quote reads on the plaque of his statue. Following his bachelor’s at TCU, Cash earned master’s and doctorate degrees at Purdue. He joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1976. Now the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, he taught in each of the school’s major programs and, in 1985, became the first Black faculty member to receive tenure. Chancellor Boschini and sevSee TCU HONORS JAMES CASH, page 3

Tiffany Cross Show “Cross Connection” on MSNBC Unexpectedly Ends By Lauren Victoria Burke

NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Without detailed explanation and days before one of the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory, MSNBC decided to end its contract with MSNBC host Tiffany Cross. The staff who work on her show was informed of the change on Oct. 4. Cross was host of The Cross Connection, which aired on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. The show was the highest rated weekend show on MSNBC, whose slogan is “this is who we are.”

The sudden end to Cross’ time at MSNBC is another moment in a string of examples of MSNBC parting ways with Black women who were either hosts or commentators at the network. The list of Black women who have departed over the last several years includes Tamron Hall, April Ryan, Melissa Harris Perry, Karen Finney and Zerlina Maxwell. In a statement posted on social media on the evening of Nov. 4, Cross reacted saying, “I am disheartened to learn of MSNBC’s decision to cancel The Cross Connection, at such a crucial

Tiffany Cross

time — four days before the midterm elections.” “Fresh off the heels of ‘a racial reckoning,’ as so many have called it, we see that with prog-

ress there is always backlash. Now is not the time to retreat to politics or journalism as usual,” Cross observed. There has been a rise in political violence and white supremacy in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s rise to political prominence. Trump’s announcement he’d run for the presidency included a racist attack on Mexican immigrants, blaming them for crime in the U.S. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re See TIFFANY CROSS SHOW, page 3

You need to talk to your children about money Money Talk By Rodney A. Brooks I never had a conversation about money with my parents. Never. Even when I applied to colleges I don’t remember talking to my mother about the costs and how I would pay. We knew she couldn’t afford to help me pay college tuition. I figured it out – I made it through four years of college with a combination of scholarships, financial aid and income from summer jobs. I went off to college without ever knowing what things cost, like the mortgage or a car note. I didn’t even know how to open a checking account. But I had to learn - fast.

Please don’t think I’m blaming my parents or any Black parents for their lack of financial literacy or not talking to their five children about money. It was almost taboo back then to discuss such things, even with children. It still feels taboo today for many Black families. But if you are not sitting down with your children and talking to them about money, finances and what things cost, you are making a big mistake. Let’s start with a couple of startling statistics. • The average Black family has a net worth of $17,000, one-tenth of the average White family. • Only 34% of Black Americans own stocks compared to 61 percent of White Americans, according to the Federal Reserve’s last survey. Stocks and retirement plans are the primary way Americans build wealth, so that accounts for a big part of the ra-

cial wealth disparities. • Only 44 percent of Black Americans have retirement accounts with an average balance of $20,000 vs. 65 percent of White Americans who have an average balance of $50,000. There are many reasons for these wealth disparities, and financial literacy only plays one part. Racism and discrimination have played a major role. But we must do a better job of preparing our children for a financial journey that we know will be difficult at best. And the best way to do that is to sit down with them and talk about money. The financial literacy gap begins early in life, according to The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s report, Financial Literacy for Youth. “White and Asian 15-year-olds, on average, have sub-stantially higher financial literacy scores, while Hispanic and Black students have

substantially lower scores when compared to their general population peers, as reported in the 2020 U.S. National Strategy for Financial Literacy.” We know that some parents need classes in financial literacy themselves. But the basics of financial literacy is understanding the basics of money. And for children that might include understanding how much their parents earn, how much they pay for the mortgage or rent, what the gas and electric bill is or what they pay monthly for those family cell phones. The more we talk to our children about money, the better they will understand life. A friend who is a financial planner and who teaches financial planning in an urban high school said he asked his class what things like cable television and utilities cost their parents, and they had no idea. Another friend who is an

entrepreneur said not only did she know how much how mother earned, but her mom also made her write out the checks to pay the bills. That way she knew there was nothing left at the end of the month. You may not be able to talk to your children about stocks and bonds, but you can talk to them about money. And do what you can to ensure that they take advantage of the financial literacy classes in high school or church. If they learn about money, they will want to learn more. And the more they learn, the more they can teach their parents. Rodney A. Brooks is a Texas Metro News Columnist and Senior Fellow at Prosperity Now. The author of Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism and discrimination put us here, but this is how we can save future generations, he has written for USA TODAY, The Washington Post and National Geographic.