African American Community

so i have been really studying politics and how the economy is affected by politics. I have to say that it seems that a big part of the black communities economic downfall is somewhat due to the fact that we don't own anything in our own communities. The asians run soul food joints, the Arabs run liquor and gas stores. I am an entreprenuer myself and i have been saddened by the amount of money african americans spend on businesses and people who could care less about our people and communities.

I'm from Youngstown, Ohio (very proud of that fact i might add) and for example and if your black, your hard pressed to find a job in boardman, ohio ( a neighboring town where people shop and work) or anywhere else for that matter. But we still spend our money in the city this is ridiculous. WAKE UP PEOPLE The power is in your money. I'v had friends followed around in the stores and talked down to, and then still buy something.

Do you think we as african american people we could go with out a outfit or a pair of jordans for a little while so we can demand some respect thru are economic power. Some of these companies make 90% of their money off the black community The JORDAN BRAND for instance i don' see any little white kids wearing them. We should be insisting that a part of the executive staff is african american or quite simply we won't buy the crap anymore.

(Nothing wrong with liking certain things every culture has its own thing hey you like tennis shoes then own the damn company or at least support the black owned companies that sell them) You can hardly find the good jobs most of the white folks get them, they shut out most african americans while hiring one or two for quota sake and so they won't get sued. Then they make it like hell to just show up and do a good job and be a decent person, here they come with the racism and they don't let up until you quit and believe me when i say they stick together.

Then they call us lazy, if they experienced what we experience from them at work they wouldn't want to show up either. (Now black people this is no excuse not to work but this is a reason to support black owned business and to create your own business NOW!!!) And this is in no way me being mad at white folks, hell if you own everything you can do what u want with it. I just want african americans to wake up.

In these dire economic times spend your money in your own communities spend it with your black owned business if you can. Jewish folks went thru some of the same horrors as blacks in their past history, but they decided to band together so what happened to them would never happen again. They do business with each other, just like african americans should be doing. They keep their money in their communities.Until we get to the place where we can make some real change you might have to go with out somethings for awhile you might have to stay away from the malls for awhile. But i promise you if you hit big businesses in their pockets they will come a running to you with all your list of demand met.


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