It’s a Myth: Black People DO Support Black Owned Business in their Neighborhoods

[HopeKillCure]

Serious question, because people keep talking about supporting black business and AAs need to support each other, and all these black people need to support each other....

So, how many business do you know in your neighborhood that are actually black owned?

I don’t mean business that are being operated day to day by black people in your neighborhood, I mean the entire business is owned by a black person.

This isn’t meant to be insulting or divisive. I’m legit curious to know neighborhood by neighborhood, Coli poster by poster, how many black owned business are in your hood?

What type of business is it, if it is black owned.


Not interested if you support it or not. Not interested if it is a good or bad business, just want to know what is black owned and what type of business is it (I.e barbershop)


Don’t have to give your whole city. Just only interested in the business around your home, in your general area. Business with a physical officer or building. Not talking about independent contractors who work out of various places. I mean a permenant business in the same spot everyday

For example,

Got 6 babershops, 8 hair salons, 5 fast food restaurants, 3 African supply stores, and that’s it for my general area, everything else is not black owned, but got black people running it or working there

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

Well I live in a mixed neighborhood, majority are Hispanics so they got it on lock down. But there are a few Black businesses in the area I've seen. Barbershops, a bar, African store.

 

[Cel 510 kid ados forever]

None in my neighborhood.

there only a few black own in my city.

There alot of blacks at manger and supervisor positions in stores.

 

[HopeKillCure]

Well I live in a mixed neighborhood, majority are Hispanics so they got it on lock down. But there are a few Black businesses in the area I've seen. Barbershops, a bar, African store.

That’s what I’m thinking is going to be the norm

I’m curious about this. So how many would you say in total around your home. Don’t go too far out and do the entire city, just around your general area.

How many babershops?
1 bar?
1 African supplies store?

 

[Tom Foolery]

Just the Barber shops Caribbean restaurants.

 

[El Bombi]

I live in Memphis. So, there are many.

I even shop at a black grocery store.

 

[Henri Christophe]

Not enough. Smh.

 

[HopeKillCure]

Just the Barber shops Caribbean restaurants.

How many barbershops and restaurants if you had to guess?


Not interested in the entire city, only your general area. The area around your home, how things close to you that are black owned #s wise breh

 

[HopeKillCure]

I live in Memphis. So, there are many.

I even shop at a black grocery store.

Cool

I want a general number for each neighborhood. It’s good that you gave your city too, People don’t have to do that, but it would help if they did

Also don’t want to know all the black business owned in the city, just want to know what type of black business is around your general area. What is black owned around your house. What type of business are they?

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Hair salons, barbershops, restaurants, contractors, couple of plummers, that's really it, unless you include black women running home day care.

ETA: about 6 salons, 3 barbershops, 3 contractors, 2 plummers that I know, and I'll add the top 2 funeral homes are owned by black families

And out of those contractors, they took FOREVER to finish my bathroom, stairs, and smoothing the paint and cracks in the walls in my house. I had fo use the toilet in the bathroom for a month, and wash up at the kitchen sink. I cut them a little slack because my house is old as hell, and when you tear things away, you find more stuff that meeds to be fixed, and all the plumbing and insulation had to be updated to current standards, and waiting for the inspector to make sure it was ok. He also needed to get an electrician to change the old lighting fixtures, because they were originally gas powered.

 

[BlackPrint]

I’m from Brooklyn. You can walk Nostrand, Utica or any main thoroughfare in Flatbush/crown heights/bedstuy/Canarsie and you’ll come past 10+ black owned businesses.

For the black rednecks on here, yes AA aswell as West Indian

 

[GrindMode]

None

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

That’s what I’m thinking is going to be the norm

I’m curious about this. So how many would you say in total around your home. Don’t go too far out and do the entire city, just around your general area.

How many babershops?
1 bar?
1 African supplies store?

I'd say there were:

• 2 barbershops I know for sure are Black owned.
• 1 Black owned bar/restaurant by the crib
• 1 African church
• 1 Haitian church
• 1 African corner store

Then compare that to all the Hispanic owned corner stores, laundromats, restaurants, barbershops, bakeries, churches, pawn shops, lawn care services, etc. in my immediate area.

I legit learned Spanish living here because you gotta know it to smash the baddest Latinas who just touched down.

 

[HopeKillCure]

I’m from Brooklyn. You can walk Nostrand, Utica or any main thoroughfare in Flatbush/crown heights/bedstuy/Canarsie and you’ll come past 10+ black owned businesses.

For the black rednecks on here, yes AA aswell as West Indian

Black rednecks

 

[Stir Fry]

Four of the top of my head right now

Bike shop
Thrift store
Hair salon
Fashion boutique

All within four blocks of me

Edit: got a funeral home, church, and bbq joint too. So 7.