Gwen with Husband and Business Partner Willie Richardson
Gwen Richardson is co-founder of
Cushcity.com, the world's largest African-American Internet
retailer with over 20,000 products online. Richardson and her
husband, Willie, established Cushcity.com in 1998. The web site
receives more than 2 million hits per month and has thousands of
customers in all 50 states and internationally. Richardson has
been a writer for most of her life. Prior to establishing
Cushcity, she and Willie published a national public affairs
magazine, Headway, and she served as the publication's
editor. She was a monthly columnist for USA Today from 1996 to
1999, and her commentaries have also been published in several
daily newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, Atlanta
Constitution and Philadelphia Inquirer. Richardson, who resides
in Houston with Willie and their daughter, Sylvia, is a graduate
of Georgetown University with a B.S. degree in marketing. She
has been an entrepreneur for more than 20 years.
Gwen Richardson Talks about the Annual National Black Book
Festival She Cosponsors with the Houston Black Expo.
Why
African-Americans Can't Get Ahead: And How We Can Solve It with
Group Economics
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by Gwen Richardson
Paperback: 174 pages
Publisher: Cushcity Communications; 1st edition (January 1,
2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 098002501X
ISBN-13: 978-0980025019
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
Have you ever wondered why, despite decades of economic
development, civil rights legislation and welfare programs, the
economic status of African Americans always seems to lag behind
nearly every other group? Why do members of other ethnic groups
come to America from other countries and, within a few years,
own most of the businesses in the Black community and, at the
same time, treat Blacks with utter contempt? Even when a few
African Americans experience economic success, such as
entertainers and athletes, why is it that so many of them end up
penniless after generating millions of dollars in wealth for
others? For years, the author pondered these same questions. Her
research and quest for answers has led to eye-opening
revelations about the fabric of American society and the fate of
the African-American community. Why African Americans Can't
Get Ahead is a breakthrough book which not only defines the
challenges, but presents cutting-edge solutions to these
challenges with a group economics approach.