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Article: Decked-out in Southeast San Diego. (Ted Fields seeks to redevelop his neighborhood)
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- San Diego Business Journal
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- August 8, 1988
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Decked-out in Southeast San Diego
Ted Fields, head of the black economic development council, seeks to dress up his neighborhood
When Ted Fields walks the streets of Southeast San Diego, his usual weekday garb, a suit and tie, puts some younger residents on the defensive.
"They think I'm a cop," said Fields, an investment banker who co-chairs the San Diego City Council's Black Economic Development & Research Council. "They're not used to seeing black men in suits."
But Black businessmen in suits will become more familiar sights in all neighborhoods if Fields has his way.
"We have to give them a role model and an alternative ...