(LouisianaWeekly.com) — It’s symbolic, actually, because the ability to own does produce job opportunities in leadership roles for other African Americans.”
So says Michael V. Roberts, chairman and CEO of the Roberts Companies and one of the country’s most successful African-American businessmen. For this unapologetic capitalist, one of the keys to social betterment for African Americans is for Blacks to become less bashful about their yearning for ownership, and less easily deterred from pursuing it.