Wealth: make it, don't fake it.I HAVE JUST FINISHED READING YOUR JUNE June: see month. 2004 issue. As usual it is packed with valuable information to help African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. build wealth. Unfortunately, your article "In the Bag" in the In Fashion section [Lifestyle] left me stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. . In the article, your writer, Laura Egodigwe, identified two pieces of luggage LUGGAGE. Such things as are carried by a traveller, generally for his personal accommodation; baggage. In England this word is generally used in the same sense that baggage is used in the United States. See Baggage. that cost thousands of dollars. To me, it does not seem like smart financial management to spend that kind of money on luggage when most people's vacations don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. cost that much. This comes after having a conversation with a co-worker who is temping and lives in the projects but informed me that she is spending thousands of dollars for a watch. She doesn't even have the money to buy it--she has it on layaway An agreement between a retail seller and a consumer that provides that the seller will retain designated consumer goods for sale to the consumer at a specified price on a future date, if the consumer deposits with the seller an agreed upon sum of money. . You know how our people love to look the part without keeping it real. BE, you are an influence on our community and our future. Send the right message that such extravagances are nice, but not until all other things are in place and there is money to burn (literally). John Young, who was also featured in the June issue as the Financial Fitness Contest winner ["A Life Pursuing Real Estate"], is doing it right. That's the way to show us how to do it. Keep up the great work, but seriously consider devoting either one issue to such extravagances or just a column that identifies them as such, after we have reached the apex. Norman Simmonds Norwalk, CT normgs@optonline.net |
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