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Oak Park couple travel far and wide to buy only from black-owned businesses
Chicago Tribune ^ | 3/9/09 | Ted Gregory

Posted on 03/09/2009 3:29:34 AM PDT by GRRRRR

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To: OA5599

LOL!


61 posted on 03/09/2009 6:22:13 AM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: GRRRRR
need I say it?
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62 posted on 03/09/2009 6:36:59 AM PDT by Tainan (Where's my FOF Indicator?)
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To: No Surrender No Retreat

make the transition from FUBU to FUBO.


63 posted on 03/09/2009 6:42:28 AM PDT by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: Fred Nerks
You mean they don't patronize McDowells?

64 posted on 03/09/2009 6:46:06 AM PDT by Tainan (Where's my FOF Indicator?)
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To: GRRRRR
They call it the "Ebony Experiment."

I call it the "DUmmie Experiment." Hey, I buy locally. It save me time and gas, rather than driving 20 miles and buy something for a few cents less. I don't care if the owner is green, as long as he/she has what I need. When we need a weeks worth of groceries, we may drive a few miles further.

I almost bet that they are getting food stamps or other federal dollars. They are probably spending federal dollars (your taxes) to buy their food or whatever.

65 posted on 03/09/2009 6:53:27 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for BO to tear it down.)
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To: whatshotandwhatsnot

Ahhhh,
Spent my honeymoon near Mountain City.
Wonderful country, quite beautiful. Folks are very down to earth compared to Atlanta.
Will take a while for you to fit in. You still lock all your stuff, cars doors, etc. You are from Atlanta. Slow down.
The flea market just outside Murphy is worth the drive.
Good move, congratulations.


66 posted on 03/09/2009 6:56:11 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: GRRRRR

Wonder why they moved away in the first place????


67 posted on 03/09/2009 9:27:02 AM PDT by SouthTexas (Pending....)
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To: MrB

Please translate the new FUBO?
Respectfully,
NSNR


68 posted on 03/09/2009 1:59:05 PM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat
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To: No Surrender No Retreat

Say the letters slowly, and think about whose initials are “B.O.”...

F U B.O.


69 posted on 03/09/2009 2:01:46 PM PDT by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: netmilsmom
"...Who cares. As long as they are friendly and give me a fair price....

I think you hit a crux right there. I also patronize businesses based on that criteria, but sometimes I walk into a store and get a strong dose of hostility and non-friendliness that says "we don't want your business". These businesses are staffed by non-whites and the hostility was directed towards a pasty person.

Do I consider this racism or just incompetence? An example: This happens at a store I will not mention the name of, but it starts with "T" and ends in "arget", and I have observed a dynamic several times wherein the employee will see a person needing and requesting assistance, and the employee will turn around and walk away. It is a very strong nonverbal way of saying "screw you, white boy/girl/old man/old lady".

I have never ever seen a person of color treated poorly or demeaned in any way by a pasty employee in my entire life, so what's the deal?

70 posted on 03/09/2009 2:44:42 PM PDT by I Buried My Guns (FMCDH - BITS - BLOAT, and all that other stuff)
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To: I Buried My Guns

>>Do I consider this racism or just incompetence?<<

I consider it a piss poor attitude.
If I was treated this way, I would report it to a manager and I would not return to the store.

Period.

I see many “Persons of Color” working at my Walmart. Everyone there is friendly and helpful. Maybe that shop with the T needs to lose some business before they see their employees are rude.


71 posted on 03/09/2009 3:09:19 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: No Surrender No Retreat

If it were a gay owned business would it be BUFU?


72 posted on 03/09/2009 5:06:35 PM PDT by VideoPaul
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To: MrB

Roger that!


73 posted on 03/10/2009 4:32:41 AM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat
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