poplife i hear you girl, nupe4life i hear you bruh, yall kiss and make up
anyway poplife made some valid points, the majority of whites, asians and other ethnic groups do come to this country with a "lets stick together mentality and they do for the most part stick together and support thier own" if all americans were about love and equality of all men then that wouldn't be necessary, but we all know that isn't reality. how many of us would like the asians have several families in one house in order to save money to buy a business etc. most blacks are into the "i want my own, you get your own mentality" other minorities often have no problem and see nothing wrong with supporting one another, just like most whites didn't see anything wrong with seeing all white faces on tv, or even separate but equal legislation, most minorities in america realize that in order to maintain respect and quality of living for the present and future generations of their race they must show unity and sacrifice for the good of the whole now/today. and they are of course doing better as a whole then we are because of that mentality. i think we could learn alot from them.
idealy we should beable to shop/buy whatever works for us, i'm all for that, but sometimes their is a need to sacrifice for the good of the community. other minorities have done it and it has worked for them. can you imagine what would happen if just "half" of our spending went back into black owned businesses and communities, white america would start looking at us differently, money talks and we are big consumers. america doesn't love asians anymore then they do blacks (i don't think) but they love and respect their economic unity and economic power and that gives a race of people a voice and leverage that we as a community still need today, so although i will never "tell" anyone to buy something just because its black owned, big company or small it doesn't matter, its still a black man and a black child, but i will say that the mentality of supporting your own has done wonders for other minority groups and allowed them now to be able to do more mainstream activities for lack of a better phrase now that they have established a respect and strong economic foundation in this non utopian country. it may not be hair products for you, but i would encourage us to support black businesses/products and even start our own black businesses like pop's dad did whenever possible, i hope to do so oneday.
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