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Advice for Anyone Navigating Poverty, BBS 2026 Day 1

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0:00A: What would your message be to Black Americans, Americans navigating poverty right now?

0:03B: Oh, navigating poverty. That’s tough because if you’re navigating poverty, you don’t always have a lot of options. Right now it’s hard to get a second job. It’s difficult to get access to benefits. So I would think that the best thing that somebody could do if they’re in poverty is think about some kind of way to become an entrepreneur, to make something that you can sell. for additional funds. That sounds great. Because I’m not sure if you’re going to be able to -- I don’t know that people are going to be able to find jobs. I mean, you still could probably do Uber, but even they are cutting back, right? So the best thing to do is to find something that you can make and sell that will earn you extra money and be intentional about becoming an entrepreneur.

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