Marc H. Morial

But then once those bad things happen, crashes and otherwise, they get to say, hey, not my employee, not my problem, despite the fact that they are creating the exact conditions that led to those problems.

We'll get some calls in here in just a sec, but I mentioned in the intro that the National Urban League's Marc Morial, who I think you will agree is generally no slouch on civil rights, calls these private companies an ecosystem of dozens of black businesses building family wealth.

Amazon says 25% of its New York City partners are owned by black or Hispanic entrepreneurs.

Understanding that Amazon is a contributor to the National Urban League financially, But I don't know if that wipes out Marc Morial's argument.

What do you say to the ability of those people to build family wealth in that way and the demographic profile?

You know, I am all for the growth of small businesses, building generational wealth.

All right, y'all, this Monday, time for the State of Black America.

And this morning, we have the current president of the National Urban League, Marc Morial.

Hey, good morning, Mr. Marc.

We're happy to have you, and I know there's a lot going on in Black America.

And learned some amazing, I mean, I heard just some amazing stories.

I mean, like Marc Morial, who is a two-term mayor of New Orleans, who's head of the National Urban League, and he talks about his life experiences and, you know, and how, you know, he was made to feel ashamed of who he was-

Mm

... um, and how he overcame it.

... available wherever you get your podcasts, and you can catch me on all my social media at sosobret, y'all.

Coming up, we got Marc Morial, the president of the National Urban League.

He got a message for Black America.

Okay.

[laughs] It's the Rickey Smiley Morning Show.

All right, y'all, this is Monday.

Time for the State of Black America, and this morning we have the current president of the National Urban League, Marc Morial.

Hey, good morning, Mr. Marc.

Yeah.

In 1994, a new mayor was elected, Marc Morial, but by the time Marc was elected in '94, there had been a record-breaking 424 murders that year.

Just in the city limits?

In New Orleans.