Okay, here's a question for black people.
Let's say you live in a house.
And that house is in a neighbourhood where you are surrounded by white people.
You obviously need to buy groceries to live, unless you want to look like an Ethiopian child on a late-night charity infomercial.
So you have two options: a white business owner vs. a black business owner.
Option 1
The white-owned business is 5 miles from your house. He offers you everything you want. Offers them for cheap (let's say $100 for all your necessary groceries for the week), and makes marginal profits (appx. 10%) on all the items you purchase. But, he doesn't like black people. He doesn't mind that you do business with him, and even smiles and makes small chat when you come to purchase the items. But he doesn't like black people. He goes home everyday and tells his wife Barbara and his kids Corbin and Keith that he loves taking money from jungle monkeys as he downs a craft beer and meatloaf in his KKK dress while watching re-runs of Wings on Fox. And you know all this.
Option 2
The black-owned business is 25 miles from your house. He offers you everything you want. But offers them at 2x the price (costing you $200 in groceries for the week), and makes marginal profits (appx. 10%) on all the items you purchase. But, he doesn't like white people. He loves that you do business with him, and when you stand in line to pay for your products, he's making small talk. But he hates white people. He goes home everyday and tells his wife LaShaniqua and his kids Dayshawn and Delvonte that he loves taking money from honkeys and redneck bird turds as he downs a 40 Oz with watermelon and chicken wings in his dashiki while watching Tyler Perry re-runs on BET.
Who would you buy from?
Let's say you live in a house.
And that house is in a neighbourhood where you are surrounded by white people.
You obviously need to buy groceries to live, unless you want to look like an Ethiopian child on a late-night charity infomercial.
So you have two options: a white business owner vs. a black business owner.
Option 1
The white-owned business is 5 miles from your house. He offers you everything you want. Offers them for cheap (let's say $100 for all your necessary groceries for the week), and makes marginal profits (appx. 10%) on all the items you purchase. But, he doesn't like black people. He doesn't mind that you do business with him, and even smiles and makes small chat when you come to purchase the items. But he doesn't like black people. He goes home everyday and tells his wife Barbara and his kids Corbin and Keith that he loves taking money from jungle monkeys as he downs a craft beer and meatloaf in his KKK dress while watching re-runs of Wings on Fox. And you know all this.
Option 2
The black-owned business is 25 miles from your house. He offers you everything you want. But offers them at 2x the price (costing you $200 in groceries for the week), and makes marginal profits (appx. 10%) on all the items you purchase. But, he doesn't like white people. He loves that you do business with him, and when you stand in line to pay for your products, he's making small talk. But he hates white people. He goes home everyday and tells his wife LaShaniqua and his kids Dayshawn and Delvonte that he loves taking money from honkeys and redneck bird turds as he downs a 40 Oz with watermelon and chicken wings in his dashiki while watching Tyler Perry re-runs on BET.
Who would you buy from?