Racists

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

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.

That's the victim mentality that's so prevalent among blacks. If we aren't succeeding it's SOMEONE ELSE'S fault. The truth is,iIf a black owned business isn't succeeding, it's the black owned business's fault, not whitey.

Look at the thousands of successful minority businesses within the Asian community for a good example. Minority after minority succeeds with hard work and providing a commodity that's needed at fair prices. That's the American way.

To do business with a person or store simply because they're black owned is wrong and perpetuates the victim mentality that's so common within the black behavior.