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When the majority of young black males aspire to be like Mike, such that Sprewell and All-Paternity Team MVP Shawn Kemp-also a prime example of the maleducated millionaire-are elevated to the position of role model, the fate of the NBA should not and cannot generate the same ennui as that of its sports brethren...
...Robert Kemp, CEO of the Los Angeles Community Development Bank, also believes that set-aside programs are still essential. Since 1996, his small bank (current assets: $48 million) has offered capital, lines of credit and basic services to businesses in South Central and East Los Angeles. "By enlarging the procurement pie," he says, "it has made it possible for everyone to be a part of the economy. In fact, the increased competition made better products and services." That's a color-blind mantra if ever there was one. --Reported by Patrick Cole/ Los Angeles, Sally B. Donnelly/Washington, Greg Fulton/Atlanta, Erik...
Prospects have been bleak for sea turtles lately, but at least two species, Kemp's ridley and the loggerhead, are enjoying something of a population boom. New turtle-safe nets and government efforts to protect the animals and their habitat have helped, but experts also credit volunteers who patrol the beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs, protecting and, when necessary, moving the nests...
Regardless of Rubin's current situation, Kemp and other HBS students are looking forward to Rubin's speech...
...going to have a barbecue, we're going to have cohorts and we're going to have the Secretary of the Treasury speaking," Kemp says...