The "Blacks Buying from Blacks" Movement: Is This Reverse Racism?

[clb09]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D984SLN80&show_article=1

"When we were a community of black folks who could not go to the white stores, our community of black stores flourished," Brown said. "When we were given the opportunity to go into the white store, it was like nothing else mattered anymore and we wanted to go to the white store, regardless of what the black store provided. We could have the same or better products if we supported (black businesses) in the same way."

 

[Kraig]

Racists assholes.

 

[AutoDas]

Why not? It's been working great for Africa -- oh wait.

 

[nate895]

I ain't touching this with a ten foot pole.

 

[Kludge]

Sure it's racist, divisive, selfish, and unnecessary, but I'm going with option #2 since we're on a public forum.

Anyway, I'm sure some of the Whites of the Jim Crow era did worse.

 

[RickyJ]

If Jews only bought form Jews they would be in big trouble. I buy from everyone, except Jews. I can't support people that go by the Talmud in any way.

 

[Old Ducker]

I think it's great. I am 100% for freedom of association. If blacks don't want to do business with whites, it's fine with me. Of course the opposite is true as well.

 

[brandon]

"racist" is such a politically loaded yet meaningless word.

It doesn't exist to me. People are too worried about being politically correct. If blacks want to buy from blacks, fine. If asians want to publicly claim other races have inferior intellects, fine. If white people only want to hire other white people, fine.

I really don't care. And no one else should either. It's just life...

 

[dannno]

Why not? It's been working great for Africa -- oh wait.

What has been working? Thousands of years of European colonialism??

 

[tmosley]

Option 4: They have every right to do it, it is misguided racism, and they will only hurt themselves.

What they need to do is focus on PRODUCTION within their community if they want to improve it. Consumption doesn't really matter.

 

[AutoDas]

What has been working? Thousands of years of European colonialism??

Thousands of years?

 

[dannno]

Thousands of years?

Could be, I don't take establishment history as "fact" and I am willing to bet that some form of colonialism existed over 1,000 years ago in Africa, or at least an attempt at such, but of course we all know that it became much bigger in the last 600 years or so.

 

[puppetmaster]

need more options....hell it's supposed to be a free country and they can support any private business they want to as well as I can. But I also feel that any private business can choose who they want as clientele based on any reason.

 

[UnReconstructed]

freedom of association

 

[Dieseler]

Best I remember, back in the day, most Blacks wouldn't hire other Blacks to do any kind of service work for them cause they wanted to get the job done right the first time.
I doubt much has changed in that regard, at least as far as getting something done right the first time. Good money is hard to waste unless of course its a Government hand out.
They can suit themselves, I couldn't care less who they hire or what they suffer because of it.

 

[UnReconstructed]

I see this thread going to shit

 

[Golding]

It can be argued as reverse racism, I suppose. But people are able to make their consumption decisions for whatever reason they'd like.

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

well...i consider that people are free to shop wherever they want. I dislike double standards..and if some white person said this or started this sort of movement...they would be prosecuted for a hate crime or some crap. tones

 

[ChaosControl]

Yes, but it is their choice. Everyone discriminates daily in everything they do, it is stupid all the laws we have against it. People still do it, they just find ways around the laws and don't talk about it. People still don't hire the black dude or the asian chick, or shop at the X-only store, they just say it was something else.

 

[jclay2]

Option 4: They have every right to do it, it is misguided racism, and they will only hurt themselves.

What they need to do is focus on PRODUCTION within their community if they want to improve it. Consumption doesn't really matter.

This is what I meant when I voted for option 1.