Dr. Umar Johnson on
the Black dollar and religion
The SOS Show Live
Black people spend 2 Billion a year on Air Jordans, 4 Billion a year on liquor, 20 Billion a year in beauty products. Yet there is not 1 Black community in America with all 4 essential institutions. Black owned bank, school, super market and hospital. The S.O.S. show with Mary Evans is taped live in front of a studio audience in October at @Your_Emerging_Space in Downtown Pontiac, MI and this is just a snippet of the controversial, thought-provoking commentary that Dr. Umar dropped as only he can. To see and comment on the full, uncensored interview, here in the Garden just click HERE.
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