There is $850 billion moving through Black consumers’ hands each year, with 90 percent of that amount going to businesses owned and controlled by non-blacks. That’s data from a study done by James Clingman Jr, an author and educator considered one of the nation’s “most prolific writers on economic empowerment for Black people.” That number has been predicted to reach $1.2 trillion in 2015!!!!!!! Call me crazy, but aren’t you to imagining what life would be like if we could keep those billions of dollars circulating in African-American Communities around the country!!!! We could singlehandedly pull ourselves out of this cycle of poverty sociologist keep saying we’re trapped in couldn’t we?
Well, supporting Black-Owned businesses has always been a priority for me. What I want to do now is create a place right here on my blog that you can come to and easily access a plethora of Black owned Businesses. I’ll call the page….ahh, what the hell, it’s taking me too long to come up with something clever. I’ll just call it, Black Business Directory, and Ill post in it once a month. Access it anytime over to the right. Below you can access the first list written By Sakita Holley. She’s composed a list of 8 Black-owned nail polish brands. I mean hey, we clear Opi and Essie off the shelves quicker than they can put out new collections. Why not support and patronize the beautiful and brilliant women behind these Black-owned Companies! Happy Shopping!
Here is the link—>http://madamenoire.com/212027/black-owned-nail-polish-brands-that-should-be-on-your-radar/
Black communities cannot build wealth by being everyone else’s customer or patient. We must explore production and distribution in order to create wealth and economic stability in communities of color. ~ Ladonna Redmond
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