[sthguard]

But if I were “more comfortable” with a white banker or an Asian doctor, I’d be a racist.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Racist, racist, racist.

[AppyPappy]

“find a African-American general physician. “

Or a English Teacher

[Kenton]

I’m OK with this. That’s the reason my doctor is an American-born, American educated, English as a first language white male who didn’t get his degree through affirmative action, which let’s face it, all black doctors do.

[MeganC]

So a business directory of Caucasian-owned businesses would be okay for those of us who are “more comfortable” doing business with Caucasians?

[Molon Labbie]

“We demand inclusion and integration, while we actually RE-segregate and hypenate.”

No such thing as an African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American, German-American or anything-American.

It’s just American or it’s not American. Period.

[spodefly]

“Just like a female often feels more comfortable having a female gynecologist, many African-Americans like to have African-American doctors because you feel like they understand the health risks you both face as African-Americans,” Robertson said. “And there are other professions that culturally you may feel you have more in common with and will just naturally trust more if they share in your culture, like a lawyer or an insurance agent, and naturally, you want to support your own community.”

Perfectly OK statement, obvious in every way.

“Just like a female often feels more comfortable having a female gynecologist, many whites like to have white doctors because you feel like they understand the health risks you both face as white Americans,” David Duke said. “And there are other professions that culturally you may feel you have more in common with and will just naturally trust more if they share in your culture, like a lawyer or an insurance agent, and naturally, you want to support your own community.”

Racist!!!!!!!!!!!

[re_nortex]

A directory for blacks will not only get a pass but will be heralded by the lamestream media. Kudos will be forthcoming from racist outfits like the ACLU, NAACP and SPLC.

Yet the "Christian Yellow Pages" (found in a number of Southern Bible-belt communities) invariably draws heat from the leftist crowd.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Back from the turn of the 20th Century to about the early 1940s, generally voluntary segregation in the US could be seen in many small towns, with there being a black part of town.

Importantly, while there was a town government, there was also a “pecking order”, representing a “shadow government” in the black part of town. Often the leader of this shadow government was the undertaker, who was often the wealthiest and most respectable black leader. Number two would likely be the most popular reverend.

As such, the undertaker and his clique of the wealthier blacks would have direct dealings with the white elected town officials, acting as liaisons to the black community, which functioned to some extent to let the white leaders know if there were problems in the black area, be they infrastructure or social.

Not all blacks were equal. Local residents all knew each other, and word got around if a transient black of low character had arrived in the black part of town. He would be encouraged to leave. Respectable new arrivals would be welcomed and accepted as usual.

However, with the onset of the Great Depression and World War II, this segregation quickly broke down outside of the deep South. The end of the war with grand demographic shifts from rural to urban living erased it from most of the US. That it survived into the 1960s in the deep South was an increasingly uncomfortable anomaly.

I mention all of this as background to how a black community organization can work. The author has the first part down right, but it must be eventually associated with a “better business” rating, if it is to succeed in the long run.

That is, just because it is black run does not mean that it is better, either in comparison to white run businesses, or to other black run businesses. It must swim or sink on its own merits, the quality of the goods and services it provides.

If it is a good business, honest and fair, and sells a good product or service, it deserves the extra support of the black community if they like it, and are willing to support it. But if it isn’t, just being black run isn’t enough.

[Iron Munro]

Thank you, but I think I’ll just wait for the “White Owned Business Directory” to be published.

[abcc2011]

If white people put out a directory like this, they would be called racist. The double standard must stop.

Businesses should be rated by customer service and the quality of the product or service.

If this offends then it offends, but most of these so-called black businesses will give you poor customer service, and a lesser quality product or service. Check out MalaniKai's talk radio show called "Dare to Speak Your Mind". This black lady tells it like it is. She did a show about her personal experience dealing with black businesses. It is spot on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NW9snKx054

[1010RD]

Now he’s got a God-given right to discriminate and I support that, but Buy Black programs are racist.