Can Blacks rise together?

Kind of on the topic, but this post had me thinking about a conversation I had with a male aquaintance. He was asking me questions like, "Don't you want to be well off and not in debt to anyone". My reply was of course. That when he was like, same here, but its not going to happen living here (Upstate NY). He said to think about moving to ATL, like he might do. Because there our people help each other out...

My thought was however, well why can't we do that here? Help each other out to rise above? You shouldn't have to move to a different state just to have people help rise.

Obvious answer is the whole "me" state of mind.

In my opinion you have to rise as an individual first before we can as a class. We have to rise above that " It's all about me and my status" thing. Then we can rise together as a class.

Will it happen anytime soon though....probably not.

The sad thing is that it happens within our own families. I have seen it where one silbling is making it well. But isn't trying to help the sibling that just hasn't had the luck they had. The sibling didn't make bad choices like drugs or dropping out of school. They're just having a rought time of it. Own peoples so into the "me" status, they don't give the struggling sibling the time of day. I see this ALOT where I'm from.