How I advised the Blacks at a large dinner they should follow the Jewish experience! You can just i
- Oct 2, 2020
- 2 min read
"Hi, are you the writer of You! be the Judge? I am Charlotte in Roanoke, Alabama.
I've just started publishing a small paper.
I came across your column, and I fell in love with it,
and I would like to publish it in my paper.
It's for the Black community.
The problem is I haven't got any money just yet."
I can't resist an adventure.
"I'm delighted you called. Have it for nothing. And pay me when your paper gets off the ground.
But in the meantime, I would love to meet you. I'm flying to Roanoke, Alabama, to meet you."
Two weeks later, i was in Roanoke and treated like royalty.
Including invited to a dinner for the Black community.
As royalty, I got the royal treatment. I was asked to be one of the six speakers!..
They didn't know what they were letting themselves in for.
When it was my turn, someone handed me a mic.....
And suddenly, I was empowered.
I thanked them for the honor, and then gave them my best advice.
"The Blacks should learn from the Jewish experience.
My father was a gambler. He didn't support his family.
If my uncle wouldn't have supported my mother, I would never have been able to go to college.
The Blacks have got to follow the Jewish experience and help out those Blacks who need help.
In one generation you will get rid of poverty!"
All of a sudden, out of nowhere, there was a man behind my chair, softly pressing my shoulder
The message was clear. I got up from my chair and was led quietly out of the room.
Actually, the only thing wrong with my speech was the timing. It was 20-years ahead of its time,
20 years before Trevor Williams called his friend, Dean Smith
He had been reeling from the blatant prejudice which had kept him from making the all-white Canadian Olympic Basketball Team. He had failed to make it despite being the best player of them all.
What made him whole again?
By creating with his friend, Dean Smith, the Trevor Williams Basketball Academy.
Giving Black kids the same opportunities that he had had to escape the ghetto.
“Dean, let’s start a basketball camp. A different kind. Built on life-skills. A drive to achieve excellence.”
The Trevor Williams Basketball Academy
The rest is history!
Postcript:
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https://www.tolifewithlove.com/single-post/2016/05/14/%E2%80%9CWhat-they-learn-on-the-court-will-last-them-a-lifetime%E2%80%9D-Trevor-Williams
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