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Originally Posted by seekerman
Are you attending a black church? I find them, generally speaking, to be the most racist churchgoing folks in the world. Several years ago I heard T.D. Jakes speaking on television and he was telling his congregation to do business with black businesses. I thought, what if a white minister on tv would say, do business with white businesses. They'd not be in that network the next week, I guarantee you.
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There is a completely different dynamic in that statement that, when mentioned alone, the complete picture is not presented.
Doing business with minority-owned businesses helps to keep these (usually smaller businesses) alive-- thus helping the entire community, blacks and those who live with them and around them.
If small businesses thrive it is good for the local, state and national economy.
There is an unspoken bias within some circles of the black community that if you do business with a black person, you can't trust them, their products are defective, their prices are higher, blah, blah, and blah. He was speaking against that notion as well.
Given the congreagation population, the economic history (which is INDEED tied to their race) and location of Pastor Jakes' church, the statement you mentioned is hardly racist.
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