Posted on 07/07/2020 4:11:57 AM PDT by C19fan
Anti-racist protests in the wake recent high-profile police killings of Black people will take on another form on Tuesday, July 7: economic protest.
Black people spend $1.2 trillion annually in the U.S., according to a 2018 report by Nielsen. But for one day called Blackout Day 2020, organizers of an economic boycott are asking the Black community to spend no money at all, or to spend only at Black-owned businesses.
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Sounds racist to me.
“Black people spend $1.2 trillion annually...”
Yo, those Nike shoes are NOT cheap, just saying......
What solution is this to what problem?
This’ll hit Ripple hard.
How can you boycott a store that has been looted and burned to the ground?
Now, I’m gonna make it a point to spend extra money tomorrow
Or closed by the governor...
He would be very upset if white people acquired a list of black-owned businesses and boycotted them.
As it is, if I go into a fast-food place and see a mostly black staff in the food-prep area, I turn around and leave. I don’t want to risk eating food by somebody who may really hate white people.
I noticed that this article capitalizes the ‘B’ in the word “black” everywhere. Is that like capitalizing the ‘G’ in “God”? Would they capitalize the ‘W’ in ‘white’?
I don't know, but it's black so it must be fair and just and free of violence and harm and, and.......
Not spending money for a day is about like a child holding his breath. He’ll breathe pretty soon, and they’ll spend that money.
Oops! They quit selling Ripple decades ago. Just goes to show how out of date I am wrt products that are popular with the brothers.
Nope, it’s party and drink at the beach, f* all the commie assholes.
“How can you boycott a store that has been looted and burned to the ground?”
Or pandemicked?
So, I don’t have to worry about getting shot in the parking lot at Wal-Mart today?
And how will they know if it is Black owned? Think the black owners of MacDs or Wendys will advertise that? Such obvious pandering will just result in a long term boycott by the 87% who are not crazed leftists.
This will fizzle worse than “not one damn dime” day a few years back. In fact, the buycott many if us are planning will probably help.
You go to the media and complain about food/shoe/whatever deserts.
They should their (our) money their mouth is.
Midnite Train or MD 8080?
This is almost as racist as black history month, Black Enterprise Magazine. Ebony, BET, Juneteenth, JET, NAACP...
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