Next Narrative for Black America

Check Your Frame

When you picture Black people - what images initially come to mind? If you don't see patriots, fathers, graduates, and business owners, perhaps you should check what's in your frame. So often, we define people with words like disadvantaged, at-risk, underprivileged - unaware of its stigmatizing effects. The Next Narrative for Black America frames a better picture. Asset-Framing is the shift to narratives that define people by their aspirations and contributions rather than their challenges and deficits. Black leaders, let's Asset-Frame our agenda to achieve greater gains for our community.

Our Voices

20 Jan 2020

MLK Day 2020: Defining the Next Narrative for Black America

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“Freedom is experienced as deliberation, decision and responsibility.” —Martin Luther King Jr. It’s time for black leaders to end our Stepin Fetchit approach to racial equity. Overemphasizing our failings has unified friend and foe in... Read More

15 Nov 2019

The Largest Black-Owned Bank Teams Up With BMe Community To Close The Racial Wealth Gap

Last week, the trailer for The Banker was released, which is a film that tells the story of one of the first Black banks in America in the 1950-60s. Over fifty years later, OneUnited Bank... Read More

12 Aug 2019

BMe Uniting Black Veterans For Love & Power To The People

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Patriotism. Veteran. Service. What comes to mind when you hear these words? With a quick Google search of the word “veteran,” the image that seems to become redundant and often engrained in the... Read More

11 Jul 2019

The Deficit Framing of Black Entrepreneurship in Foundations, Corporations, and Media

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On a daily basis we are bombarded with negative news and alarming statistics about Black individuals and communities. The negative representation of Black people is well documented, and reverberates through the representation of... Read More

Check Your Frame

Patriotic

Black males enlist in the army at highest rates. [1]

Enterprising

The rate of black business creation is growing at over 2x national rate. [2]

Generous

Black households give 25% more of their income to charity than others. [3]

Engaged Fathers

Black men are more likely to directly interact with their children than all other US men. [4]

Sources: [1] United States Army, [2] US Dept. of Commerce, [3] Kellogg Cultures of Giving Report, [4] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Something magical happens when we lift our voices. It's called "change." Throughout this campaign, our leaders are using their voices to influence narratives, opinions, and practices that affect us.

Our Voices

MLK Day 2020: Defining the Next Narrative for Black America

The Largest Black-Owned Bank Teams Up With BMe Community To Close The Racial Wealth Gap

BMe Uniting Black Veterans For Love & Power To The People

The Deficit Framing of Black Entrepreneurship in Foundations, Corporations, and Media