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Originally posted by 1 Woman of Virtue:
Black Americans have an economic buying power that is absolutely amazing. We literallly have the resources (our money) to make drastic changes in our community. But while the White dollar will circulate throughout the White community for years, the Black dollar leaves the Black community in days...
...Rarely would you hear a Korean say they're going to buy products from "John and Bob's Grocer" because the prices are cheaper. Their mentality is such that NO MATTER WHAT they will support their own. And that mentality has worked for them. Now we may rationalize and say "I just buy what works" and think nothing of it...but that mentality has kept us where we are--even though our hair may have that extra bounce...
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Amen. Said alot better than I ever could!!
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