Comments on: Black Community: Are Payday Loans in Blacks’ Best Interest?

By: Mitch Mitchell

Mitch Mitchell — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:11:17 +0000

Payday loan companies are the scum of the earth. Some of these folks charge upwards of 1000% a week on small loans; that’s outrageous. People need to really think hard before taking out loans like this, especially since so many of the loans are for frivolous stuff. If more folks learned budgeting they wouldn’t put themselves into a place where this even becomes a consideration.

By: Realman2

Realman2 — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 01:45:17 +0000

These quick loan store in black communities are completely dishonest and crooked. My advise is to stay away from them.

By: Ismael A.

Ismael A. — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:54:12 +0000

It’s interesting that you mention the money changers in the Temple. They were sanctioned by its priests to exchange the various currencies of pilgrims into the shekel, which was the only “kosher” currency the Temple would accept. So they would gouge pilgrims in the exchange, then take the few shekels left for the benefit of the Temple. Jesus was outraged that the money that went to the Temple stayed in the Temple, to enrich the religious elite. According to Jesus, that money is meant to enrich the community.

We see the same transaction in poor communities across the nation. While many of our churches do God’s work, there are many take our money and do not. And while those churches are quick to cast stones at the payday lenders, they neglect the needs of people that are compelled to take those loans. It’s not necessarily the church’s role to be a money lender, but they must help advocate for better financial services that are badly needed, and not just simply denounce payday lenders as the root of all financial evil.

By: Marque Anthony

Marque Anthony — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:47:01 +0000

First you need to realize we are NOT black. Look at your colors.
What’s sad is that we African Americans are still calling ourselves BLACK because Caucasian oppressors called us that to contrast their color and to assign to us all the negative things BLACK is equated with in the dictionary. The fact is, like it or not and believe it or not, YOU ARE BROWN and your car tires are black. You can say black is a culture but when they deal with you, they deal with you based on it’s definition – dismal, gloomy, dark, diabolical, treacherous, devoid of light.

WAKE UP AFRICAN AMERICANS. We do not call the Asian yellow man because he would not stand for it. We do not call the Native American a red man because he would not stand for it. We do not call the Hispanic man a brown man because he would not stand for it. And many Africans, Haitians and Jamaicans do not accept being called a color they know they are NOT.
Ironically, African Americans are the only ethnic group/race on the planet which allows ourselves to be called a color we are not, allowing ourselves to be defined by color, by someone else and to allow ourselves to be attached to a color we are not – a color they filled with negative denotations. Then we fight to help keep the lie in place.

Is it any wonder that cops treat us as BLACK people by the definition of dismal, gloomy, treacherous, evil etc? We will never rise and overcome as a people if we allow other groups to define us, to define us with a lie and we are sadly willing to help them. AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES MATTER PEOPLE. Black is the color of my car tires, not my skin. I am a family and relationship counselor who specializes in deprogramming African Americans from slavery mindsets.