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Originally posted by DoggyStyle82:
MidwestDiva, Poplife is indeed eloquent and 95% right, but what she continues to miss when she states her case is that key 5% element that is always overlooked. Blacks are Americans, we are not immigrants. Immigrants make their money off of their own people because they have a shared culture and language where they feel comfortable doing business with. They also come from countries where the basic economic system is socialism or cooperative economics, not capitalism. We on the other hand are raised as capitalists. Best bang for the buck, quality, service etc. White America will buy from anyone for the same reasons. Jews "used to only patronize other Jews, for the younger ones, that is not so much the case now that they have fully integrated into society, as have Italians and Irish. This pipe dream of us being like an immigrant community will not happen, because we are Americans, not African immigrants of a single tribe, culture, and language without an ability to function outside of our own zenotype. Reality is much different than the lecture hall or the book store. We need to become competitive so that all American consumers will buy from us, not just us. White kids buy Fubu, Hip Hop,etc, they buy tickets to see Black athletes and artists perform because we are the best in those endeavors. When we start producing quality products and giving 5 star service, then we will compete.
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I concur. You bring an interesting perspective to this discussion with your noting of the variant paradigms and the relationship to the thinking of Black in supporting or not supporting the Black owned business. Competitiveness is indeed tied to quality, and that has continued to be my prime criticism of the BOB. It is imperative that whenever we interact with the BOB and the service was less than superior, that management is made aware. How will they become better without the type of tools that the mainstream agencies/companies use such as internal marketing studies, customer surveys, and consulting? Word of mouth!
I'm going to start a New Topic that I hope that others can contribute on BOBs on the web. Please post any businesses that you may know of with a link there.
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