What this author has done in this piece is a good thing. He tells us economic empowerment is the logical next step for blacks. He does not say it will resolve “all” our problems. Nevertheless, it is the next logical step. His recommendation is that we buy from businesses that appreciate us as customers and demand that those businesses do something for us because we are spending our dollars with them. A mutual exchange. That is what reciprocity means. That is essentially the route he is suggesting that will lead to economic empowerment.

“If we keep spending the overwhelming majority of our $1 trillion annual income with businesses other than (our) own, with no reciprocity, there will be no reason for those in charge to change.”

We can see the inefficiency of this recommendation as a suggestive route. It much like what happened at Barney’s in New York when blacks were profiled. Barney’s said, they would stop the “bad behavior” and hired a consultant to teach their sales personnel sensitivity when it came to dealing with black shoppers. I do not think that is what blacks are angling for when it comes to reciprocity. Blacks actually want to be in the driver’s seat when it comes to businesses. This means ownership on a wide scale in every part of the country; in small towns as well as big cities just like the white folks. This requires money and requires money controlled by blacks avoiding the capricious nature of white racists. To achieve this end, blacks have to ask the question, “Where is money that can be accessed that belongs to black folks?” Black currently have money tied up essentially in two places in this country; those two places are the black church in the form of tithes and in a trust fund controlled by the Social Security program ( almost 95% of blacks pay into the trust through payroll taxes). It is highly unlikely that black preachers are going to allow black entrepreneurs to access church money! That leaves the trust fund! That right! It can be tapped. What you need to know now is the knowledge of how it can be tapped to the tune of approximately $14.9 dollars billion a year. If we are serious about creating black businesses – we need to get serious about the solution!
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