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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] [b]To me, a Black (FBA/ADOS) owned business is a collective. Owners, officers, managers, marketing, distribution, human resources, employment, etc., are in Black hands who control and direct the operative and hire Blx in the same percentage Indians hire Indians in 7-11 and Arabs hire Arabs in bodegas/deli's.[/b] Fair enough. I can see what you are saying re some multi-million compaines, some acquired lock stock and barrel from elsewhere under the portfolio of a black owner. But could not even these "big tent" companies control and hire blacks like the others in some subsidiaries? And to make profits in diverse environments will they not have to hire other ethnics? [b]PoC ? B l a c k [/b] Agreed. [b]You aks whey they azzes @ ? They ain't at the place where eestablishing community stores/shops is the kind of priority where they collectively brainstorm and propose a university / tech school type deal instructing in every area conducive of to creating serious viable Blk Biz in majority Black nabes and beyond. [/b] Its sad, because some of these places being gentrified away, the deep-pocketed blacks could have been doing things there, ensuring a minimum of respect for solid old line residents, or at least mixed use options, rather than entire blocks been whited out. I understand they have to make a profit- just saying can't it be done in a more balanced way, like say more mixed income spaces, rather than total purges. And the guy in Birmingham bought an entire block but is being sandbagged by city, banks etc according to author Andre Perry. Is it the case that these rich black celebs dont want to support projects that are less glamorous and won't yield big profits, or big publicity? [b]But what can break the Yte-manz-ice-colder spell cast upon the negro?[/b] Million dolla question. Buy Black campaigns have been around since Booker T's time in 1890s. I used to think it was a pride problem but that may only be a limited piece of answer. Structural disadvantage is a big factor. Even in the old days white businesses were allowed to freely operate in the "negro" districts, but not vice versa. The whites got better locations, financing, legal protection, better inventories, better opportunities. So the merchandise store of the white man likely was better stocked and "colder" -with more choice than his black counterpart-not always in every place but that was the general pattern outside black monopoly areas like the funreal business or barbershops/beautician. On top of that most of the property in the negro biz districts were owned by white landlords, which is one reason that incoming Asians and others can get a foothold. They bring more cash to wrest away storefronts, and have strong ethnic networks from the old country behind them. The Koreans capitalized on the fact that they were educated immigrants with some resources, and to top that off, their networks controlled the wig trade, since 90% of the wigs imported into the US were from Korea to begin with. They then branched into cosmetics, using those networks to get dirt cheap product, undercutting others. No way your average black small scale comsetologist or cosmetics maker can compete with these deep, self-serving networks. To add insult to injury, the big white cosmetic chains began to pump product into the hood and seriously market to blacks. This is one of the things that hammered the black beauty industry. Its not all a pride problem. Solutions? Well blacks need much more tighter, disciplined organization at the low end. This means more local networks, more partnerships etc etc. Of course, you need all the essentials of business- like clean facilities, courteous staff, decent product etc. If such basics are not in place everything else is a waste of time. Just being black aint good enough. It never was. Another local idea is to use non-traditional venues like small festivals where vendors can tie in their product with the cultural/arts event going on. that way you are not stuck in, and perhaps don't need storefronts. Examples? Early hip-hop. They had no clubs. No fancy headquarters. No studios. They cranked out the entertainment "product" in block parties, park concerts, high school gyms etc. They self-financed their equipment. And many cats began to make money- not big money but much needed side money, or money so good it was way better than minimum wage. Cats looked at the market and started hdoing mixtapes, Nipsey Hustle being a case in point, and began to make money. In time, things expanded and took off. Another is to seek out different specialized biz opportunities with cultural tie-ins. Based on convos I have had, it may be that some of today's more educated black entrepreneurs don't much care for mom and pop drudgery at the corner liquor store, which in any case means harsh competition against dirt cheap or free immigrant labor, and deep ethnic networks that can source product more cheaply than you can. If you had $5,000 to invest why sink it into that hole when you could do something like the BBQ man was doing. he had 5 smokers lined up and burnin, and was moving much desired product, with a cultural twist- "Black BBQ" that gave him an advantage. Hip hop clothing lines are another type of different opportunity or niche market with a cultural tie-in. Why blow $5000 trying to compete on cheap cotton shirts or shoes with the Chinese drone guy getting product dirt cheap outta his networks reaching back to CHina? Specialize into a niche. At a higher level would be what David Rice is doing in Ensley Birmingham, buying a block and trying to leverage private investment and public dollars to redevelop. A similar effort on this level would be like what Nipsey was trying to do. All of the above of course runs parallel with traditional biz efforts and for the majority wage labor that provides the essential consumer dollars to support black biz. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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