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Military: The Closest Thing the African American Will Get to Reparations is a provocative new book by Allen Cheney examining one of the most powerful—and often underused—economic opportunity systems available to Black Americans: military service.
The argument is not that military service is reparations.
The argument is that if America never delivers a direct reparations payment, the military may represent one of the closest existing systems capable of helping an individual build education, homeownership, career skills, investment capital, healthcare security, and long-term wealth—when those benefits are used strategically.
This book explores how a young person entering the military at 18 can begin building a financial foundation immediately instead of waiting until their 30s or 40s to start thinking about wealth.
Inside, Allen Cheney examines topics including:
• Military pay and benefits
• The GI Bill and education opportunities
• VA home loan benefits and homeownership
• The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
• Roth IRAs and long-term investing
• The power of starting to invest at 18
• Credit building and avoiding unnecessary debt
• Military training, certifications, and career development
• Veteran benefits
• Transitioning successfully into civilian life
• Entrepreneurship after military service
• Building assets instead of simply earning income
• Creating generational wealth for the next generation
The book also confronts the complicated relationship between African Americans and the United States military—from generations of Black Americans serving a country that did not always provide them equal treatment to the economic opportunities military service can provide today.
This is not a recruitment brochure.
It is a strategy book.
It challenges Black families to have a different conversation with their children about service, sacrifice, money, investing, ownership, and the opportunities already sitting inside one of America's largest institutions.
If a young person is going to serve, the question should not simply be:
“What job will you do in the military?”
The bigger question is:
“What will you own when your service is over?”
MILITARY
The Closest Thing the African American Will Get to Reparations
By Allen Cheney
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