Posted on 11/24/2023 5:52:14 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
April Showers (her real name), a self-described “serial entrepreneur” much of her life, looks at 2020 as a paradox.
George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis and the ensuing social justice movement across the country were “painful and exhausting. Very troubling and a moment in time we won’t forget,” she said.
For a Black businesswoman, though, the subsequent impact of the protests following Floyd’s death heightened awareness of vast social inequities and inspired the #BuyBlack movement, which encouraged support of Black-owned businesses.
But as so-called Black Friday arrives, with sales and promotions for the holidays just about everywhere, Black entrepreneurs who spoke to NBC News said they hardly feel the support of 2020. In fact, they say, they feel abandoned.
“Everyone was very much into diversity, equity and inclusion,” she said. “But now we see companies are comfortable not focusing on DEI because, from a political perspective, it’s not popular. It’s all unsettling. The messaging changed as it relates to what it means to be inclusive. And it has impacted Black businesses as much as anyone.”
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Years ago I worked at a job which occasionally brought me into a warehouse where they distributed OTC pharmaceutical and other products to drug stores. Cartons of a new product caught my eye. They were labeled "Afrin". For the longest time I assumed it was an ethnic hair product.
Austin, TX (the Berkeley of the SW) pulled this racist stuff during the plandemic. You’re a horrible person not to shop black owned stores, blah, blah. All over the newspaper, the evening news and sm.
When I see “Minority/Female Owned Business” I skip and go elsewhere.
It isn’t that a minority or females cannot run a business. It indicates that quality is not the key focus. Race or gender is.
I want no part of it.
Because I always check the skin color of the owner of whatever business I happen to shop at
These people are stupid beyond belief
Guessing you don’t have a row of LGBTXYZWHATEVER rainbow nutcrackers from Target on your fireplace mantel, huh? Target never learns.
When it comes to shopping there are a number of factors when I decide to buy. The product is one thing but the establishment or business is another. When it comes to the latter it’s mostly how comfortable I feel about a place. In your face politics does not make me feel comfortable. I can tolerate a minimal amount but there is a threshold that sends me to the exit or never even entering a place. If I get the wrong vibe same thing. Making a customer feel comfortable and appreciated is basic business 101.
I wouldn’t wear that ghetto trash, if they paid me to do so.
“Everyone was very much into diversity, equity and inclusion,” she said.
No, actually the left was into Hatin’ Whitey.
They got what they wanted, now they need to embrace the suck.
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