Why Buy Black?

    As an African-American born, raised and educated in the United States of America, I naturally attempt to support Black businesses when I can. Sometimes I cannot blame us for not supporting us!!! It is painful at times to come into a business when we have staffs that just do not care. We do not have a smile on our face or in our voice. Our businesses do not have the adequate inventory. Why can't we open on time? Why don't we answer the phone properly? Why are we servicing our friends over our paying customers? This is the kind of stuff that we can all add a story or two and we can go on and on about what we are doing wrong.

    To walk away and never support our businesses would be surrendering, and I do not give up. We are a race of people who are very creative, talented and resourceful. If we would adopt and instill a spirit of excellence in ourselves and our children, we would stop settling in our relationships with others, including our spouses, children and significant others. We need to educate and inform each other, in love, when we notice we are not handling one another in good faith. This may mean sending a letter to the business or calling up the owner/manager of the store and providing them with the details and hopefully just offering a solution. My very wise father told me a long time ago, "Do not come to me with a complaint without offering a solution."

    We need to have experts provide workshops and we need to take advantage of these workshops. There would be no sense in organizing one if we do not attend. We need to learn how to be organized and properly prioritize our days.

    I was a small child during the 1960's Civil Rights Era, but my Black Pride has never disappeared. I want to make a difference in our community!! I will not give up because I want us to fulfill our God given destiny. We have to learn to love ourselves enough to invest us.