On the front page of the LA Times online this morning, an article catches my eye.
A family's year of 'buying black'An Illinois couple travels far to buy groceries, gas and even vitamins from black-owned businesses. What if, they wonder, all African Americans made the same pledge?Reporting from Chicago -- Maggie Anderson drives 14 miles to buy groceries, which might seem curious given that she lives in bustling Oak Park, Ill. She and her husband, John, travel 18 miles to a health food store in Chicago for vitamins, supplements and personal care products. They drive some distance for gasoline too.
The reason? They want to help solve what they call "the crisis in the black community." They want to buy black.
The Andersons, African Americans who rose from humble means, are attempting to spend their money for one year exclusively with black-owned businesses and are encouraging African Americans across the nation to do the same.
They call it the "ebony experiment."
Read the rest of the article here.
I hate this. And ladies and gentlemen, here's a perfect example of why to this day, there's a rift in society between African Americans and everyone else. People like these idiots ruin it for everyone by isolating themselves, practicing passive racism, and trying so hard to establish themselves as a separate entity, but are the first to complain when they feel that they are not being treated like everybody else. As if our already struggling economy can be anything but further hurt by an stupid idea like this.
FORRREALS!!!! Speak on it Jenn.. that is fucking dumb...
damn jenn... thanks for posting that. those people are idiots! think about how much money they spend on gas doing that shit! hah.
Well said Jenn.