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Black Spending Tops $1.6 Trillion while Black Wealth Issues Persist
Spending for Blacks in the US has gone up to $1.6 Trillion but wages and standards of living are dropping. What gives? The Financial Griot podcast crew will discuss how to manage money in a time of uncertainty and how to make a way out of no way in lieu of external circumstances such as systematic oppression and a painful history. or decades and decades, Black consumers have been regularly overlooked by companies that don’t see them as a priority demographic. Black consumers continue to be underserved in areas such as food, housing, healthcare, broadband, and banking. During the last five decades, the Black community has had limited access to…
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Black Luxury Spending, Wealth and Debt – #PayMyTrip
In today's TFG episode, we deep dive into the state of black luxury spending and what it means to live the #luxe life. Unfortunately, people often spend money they don't have impressing people that they don't know in hopes to get the bag. But is luxury that bad or do we deserve to live the life that we earned. The Financial Griot crew gets deep. And it's this is particularly triggering, listen until the end. We keep it real and actionable.
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Checking Up on How a 35-year old Makes and Spends $100,000+ in DC
The last follow-up to the wildly popular, The Budget of a 33-year old Govt. Auditor Making $78,781.50 in DC, which preceded the other popular one, The budget of a 31-year-old Govt. Auditor Making $64,000 in DC. Corps Backstory And How I Used to Spend My Time Little known fact, I have a tattoo on my left arm that says “Law” in Chinese… Well, at least I hope it says “Law”. Got it back in Palms Springs, CA when I was in Marine Corps Communication, and Electronic School (MCCES), way before it was cool to be tatted up. It was always incomplete and in 2020, I’ll get the tattoo of “Order” on my right…