(ThyBlackMan.com) I often reflect back on my days as a young kid in the old Jackson St. Neighborhood I lived in for 18 years and those are technically the best years I have ever lived in a particular neighborhood in my life. I remember making it rain, not at the club, but at several black businesses that were in my neighborhood back in the day.
Intro – Here are the several black businesses that I gladly made it rain on back in the day.
Malden Brothers Barber Shop – This black owned barber shop is still in existence proudly serving it’s black customers for over 50 years in my hometown of Montgomery, Alabama. I remember when I was a kid back in the day, every few months I would walk across the street with often one of my older brothers to get me a nice good haircut and I always smiled when I got a good haircut from a brother named Mr. Malden, the owner of the barber shop that still cuts hair to this day.
Mr. Joe’s Pool Room – This was primarily the #1 black business that I mostly enjoyed going to back in the day because after I came from school, I would often go to the pool room that was owned by another brother name Joe Williams (he’s been deceased for over 15 years now) to shoot pool, buy candy and 25 cent cookies as well as putting in 25 cents to play the arcades that had some of my favorite arcade games I loved to play back in the day like Aliens, Cobra Command, and X-Men (my favorite all-time arcade game). I really miss going to that place
Mr. Joe’s Grocery Store – This black owned business that was owned by another brother named Joe Fitzpatrick had plenty of good stuff. I remember often asking my grandma for either money or her food stamp card so that I can not only get what she wanted me to get, but also get my favorite snack at the time: 25 cent Little Debbie cakes because I loved buying them when they were only 25 cent, nowadays, they cost 50 cent smh.
Here is a fundamental fact: black owned businesses in are generally not supported by other communities because they are smart enough not to spend their hard earned money with people who don’t even look like them.
On the other hand, many of us are often tempted to give our money away to these big racist corporations that have repeatedly shown that they have very little respect for us as well as not even hiring us for certain opportunities or even give us business loans for fear that we will economically rise up and compete with them in the game of global economic warfare.
But now with this huge awakening that is currently happening in our community, I noticed that more black people are now making the decision to support black businesses that cares about them and their community and I am very happy about that and I hope this momentum continues during this current season because supporting black businesses is critical to us being taken seriously as a major player in the game of global economic warfare.
The Conclusion – Remember when you redirect your spending power by supporting black businesses and their families, You Are Making A Difference In Your Community by supporting black communities and black families.
Staff Writer; Joe Davis
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