Free Online Course: American Workers,

Communities and Economy

Required Text: The Mis-Education of the Negro13-Week Course (9/8 – 12/7, 2014)

Provided by the H.E.L.P. Forward Program of A Time To Learn Academy, a non-profit organization.

Lecture and Activities: Week of October 27, 2014

Lecture: Conclusion of Chapter 6 and 7, pg. 55 – 75. 1. When you are a person of color and living in an underserved or disadvantaged

community, it is dangerous to “think” [of your current surroundings or situations]. Thinking will force you to improve self or unique household, or depression will be your new physical struggle.

2. Many poor blacks felt abandoned by their own who had explored entrepreneurship or college degrees. Such groupings of blacks didn’t know how to treat their skilled ones, or act around such new ways in their communities.

3. You need capital, credit, and training experiences to pursue productive entrepreneurship.

4. The author had the point of view “Why would anyone want to participate in local places of worship in America or Europe?” Quick summary of history of religion, pg. 58.

5. Communities need to speak up if they are unwilling to be a customer, or member of a certain business or place of worship. By not doing so causes communities to become dysfunctional, and sets them up for economic failure when competing with outside or external business trends.

6. Religious leaders target youth to begin the next generation’s membership roll for their given denomination or sect.

7. If you pursue of the unordinary business activities in your community, you may have a smaller customer or membership base compared to the majority business activities: productive or not-so productive profits will be the outcome.

8. Prominent leaders would have two families --one of the socially excepted, and another, secretly, out of the underserved (with black females or poor white females).

Activities

Questions: Week of October 27, 2014.1. Is it possible to have too many pastors or churches of

the same denomination (Methodist, Baptist, etc.) in your given community?

2. Have you taken the time to just think about your personal or household goals? After thinking, do you need to remain in your community, or relocate in order to achieve your goals?

3. G&T student participant: Identify the most-populated careers right now in our country.

4. Ferguson, MO: How do you treat “newness” in your community? What about new businesses or church sects created by your white citizens and those of citizens of color?

VocabularyWeek of October 27, 20141. Democratic education2. Classical education3. Industrial education4. Practical education 5. Undesirable students6. Interracial cooperation7. Church denomination or religious sect vs. non-denominational8. Segregated community zones9. Financial idolatry defined by underserved communities

5. Social class systems a. Poor-earning citizens b. Middle-earning citizens c. High-earning citizens