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Old 01-13-2001, 03:37 PM
Poplife Poplife is offline
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AKA2D '91, yes the list is quite amazing. I have to admit I think that I didn't think about any of them being black owned or not. A very conscious mentor of mine emailed me this list and I thanked her twice for it.

I can kind of understand the rest of you when you say that you use what works. I used to say that too, but when I when my dad opened an African America Cinema Store and everything changed. He sold rare and classic tapes of everything from Porgy and Bess and Stormy Weather to Roots and Queen to B.A.P.S. and Booty Call. Our first year was very rough because of the same thing that you all are saying. Everyone one when to Blockbuster with some excuse..."they have a longer rent time, they have those little cards, blah blah blah."

My father was afraid we would go under until a friend suggested we do some advertising on a black alternative radio station that is popular with local activists.

The turn out was amazing!! We met brotha's and sista's that actually drove FURTHER than they had to just to shop with us. This kept up for another year or two until people started to catch on. Because of the increase in profit, we were able to better the current service and add brand new ones. Needless to say, the store is doing quite well now. My dad made enough money to start an internet based company and guess who he is hiring?

YUP! Young, talented, black men and women.

Even though I was a freshman in high school my dad had me read these books about how Jews, Asians, and Hispanics SUPPORT THEIR OWN. That's why they are the 1st, 2nd, and soon to be 3rd wealthiest race in this county. Now that more and more Muslims are coming to the USA they are following suit. Where does that leave us brotha's and sista's??

We seems like we are the only race that wants to rationalize not helping our own. I have heard so many excuses from blacks in my home, school, job, and even here. I have not heard one person saying..."maybe I'll pick up a trial size of this or that and at least see if it works."

I was watching comic view one day and someone said:

If a Latin guy see's other Latin's beating someone up, he'll jump out and say "I need to help my countrymen!!" Let a brotha see that! He'll keep driving and say "Damn, they whuppin that brotha's a$$! He musta done SOMETHIN'!"

I laugh for two seconds before I realized how true that was. Then it wasn't funny to me anymore.

I'm tired of freakin' Korean's sucking up all my town's money. I refuse to spend my dollar in a store owned by people who hate us. They don't set up their stores in black area's across America because they like blacks...they know we will make them rich so they tolerate us from 9-5 on weekdays and 8-10 on Saturdays!

Screw that. I'm opening Poplife's Store of Beauty as soon as I save up enough money! AHBAI products only!! *lol*

Hope to see ya'll there!
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