Want a Revolution? Start a Business.
Is social activism the only way to improve the situation for minorities in America? Alfredo Ortiz, the son of Mexican immigrants and the CEO of Job Creators Network, has a different take.
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Script:
I recently came across a book for grade-schoolers titled Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution!
The moral of the story is this: minority kids should pursue social activism—actually, a revolution—to make America a better place.
That’s almost the conventional wisdom now. But it’s completely backwards.
If you want to make America a better place for everyone, especially for minorities, forget “social activism.”
Instead . . . start a business.
Starting a business is the real revolutionary act that minorities can take to empower themselves and their communities. Small business owners achieve something no “social activist,” “revolutionary,” or politician ever could . . . They create jobs—not only for themselves—but for millions of others.
The United States is home to 33 million small businesses. These businesses generate two-thirds of all new jobs—driving employment, innovation, and economic growth.
You could say that small business owners are modern-day alchemists. But unlike alchemists, (who tried to turn lead into gold), small business owners really do make something from nothing. They create value where it didn’t exist before. And the economic impact of this alchemy reverberates throughout their communities and beyond.
So who are these small business owners?
They are—disproportionately—minorities. In fact, relative to their population, minorities start businesses more often than their white counterparts.
And many are succeeding.
Take Carlton Guthrie, for example. Carlton and his brother are the owners of Detroit Chassis, a business that assembles frames for motorhomes and commercial trucks.
Carlton grew the company from a small metal-stamping shop into a major manufacturer. At present, it earns over $100 million a year in revenue and employs roughly 160 workers, most of whom, like the Guthrie brothers, are black.
We see the same trend with Hispanic entrepreneurs. The ratio between white and Hispanic household wealth declined from 8:1 in 2013 to 5:1 in 2019, as Hispanics became more entrepreneurial.
Carlos Gazitua, the Cuban American owner of Sergio’s Restaurant in Miami, understands the importance of minority entrepreneurship. He calls on minorities “to show their success.”
He wants the younger generation to know that business success is possible and that the system is not rigged against minorities.
“Entrepreneurship is the essence of the American Dream,” Carlos concludes.
He couldn’t be more right.
According to the Kauffman Foundation, 360 out of every 100,000 Americans start a business in any given month. Yet among Hispanics, this figure is 540 per 100,000—50 percent higher than the American average.
There are ten million minority-owned small businesses in America, generating $2 trillion of annual wealth and employing ten million people. Most of these businesses are located in minority communities where they employ minority workers.
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My mom has a small business in Brazil about bathing dogs. It’s working.
Whites need to start businesses that help fellow Whites. We’ve forgotten the importance of small businesses as a daily, communal foundation of our lives. White businesses for White, Heritage American communities!
everyone knows the civil rights act was signed mostly because Martin Luther King Jr. opened up a flower shop
I am a veteran that fought in a republican war in the Middle East. You all thought that the social injustice going on there merited a war. But you are going to tell minorities that their lives don’t matter?
Of course, this only is meant for minorities who want their sons, dad’s, brother’s, etc.. to live. But the Conservative Party has been backing the treason that took place by their party because their president didn’t want to fairly lose without a fight. You should be ashamed to shame minorities for doing exactly what White people have been doing so nice the beginning of time.
What exactly gave minorities the right to have a business? Why social activism, of course. Why are you teaching kids that the best thing they can to is to shut up and pretend nothing is happening- while the government does the same?
You hear that right! When the police are killing minorities and politicians are not doing anything about it, the government has the schools telling you to “start a business, instead”.
this is the stupidest thing i have ever seen in my life
Time well spent and the sum of past Prager. Parger is now turning into a silly social wasteland
Booooo
No do an actual revolution
For those who don’t think a business can start a revolution, look up Defense Distributid.
Minority or no, big businesses have been crushing small ones for decades
Good advices..
not a single institution in the republic functions anymore, we do need a revolution
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every business needs workers no way around it only stupid people think otherwise
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This is well and good, until you discover you need a business license issued by the government.
Revolution indeed…
Huh, Start a Business huh? You mean like Tulsa did with black wall street, Rosewood and all the other blk run cities / towns that Europeans burnt down once we started making economoc progress? This video is half truths. Yes, Businesses do ultimately help communities more than civil rights. However it doesn't tell how systematic r@cism has been consistently used from the freeing of the slaves until today to hinder blk businesses. It also doesn't exsplain how blk people have had to use civil rights in order to defend themselves against the systematic racism that's been present throughout the history of America. So civil rights had it's purpose. If you all stop hatching hidden evil plans to distrup black economic growth and support Black businesses the same way you do your own you'll be surprised how quickly the civil rights movements will calm down.
Yeah that’s great if you got money. The overwhelming majority of new businesses fail. This propaganda is trying to divide up the working class and pit them up against each other.
They don't just create jobs, they create communities