I was the first Black member of The Bath Club. Today, I'm proud to be its owner.
Since 1926, The Bath Club has been one of Miami Beach's most iconic institutions, welcoming figures who helped shape American history. Its members included the Vanderbilts, William Boeing, and Presidents Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy.
But when I first joined, I was shocked to learn I was the club’s first Black member.
Now, I've made it a priority not only to modernize, but to transform it into something that better reflects the America we aspire to be. Today, The Bath Club is a thriving and diverse community that brings together people from different backgrounds, faiths, professions, and perspectives, much like Miami Beach itself.
In many ways, its evolution mirrors the story of our country: progress built on opportunity, inclusion, and the belief that barriers are meant to be broken.
Only in America can someone go from being the first person allowed through the door to becoming the steward responsible for opening it wider for everyone else.
A man is lost if he puts his identity and more effort into networking & being apart of the “industry” or having industry friends… than he does with family, his day ones, his own team, his own community of people.
It be hilarious to see men put their heart into other men they’ve found on social media. “I have industry friends and support from my piers” lol
Piers and competitors aren’t your buyers nor will they be there once you go broke or have one bad rumor about you so why even try build relationships with these types of people.
They’re just like gold digger women. They fw you when you hot, drop you when you not. So if you a real man, you put your all into yourself, your family, your business partners, and stay out the way.
That’s why I am the way I am. Because I was raised to only fw the inside world… not the outside world. Where I’m from we use the outside world to get money to feed our inside world.
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