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Duane – what I wrote about this yesterday:

http://moot.typepad.com/what_if/2008/12/blacks-only.html

There are economical and psychological reasons why we do not support each other in business. The business competence of black entrepreneurs represent one of the more frequent comments.

When we began to start more entrepreneurship training programs for potential young black business owners (in school and out of school), the standards related to black business practice will improve.

George Waters, CEO
EDTEC, Inc. New Entrepreneurs
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What consumers don’t know is that when a Black entreprenuer tries to put their product in a established business, they must be able to supply thousands of products, usually in 30-90 days.
This is usually overwhelming because they do not as yet have the finances in order to do that or no lending institute wants to lend you the money to produce since you do not have a track record, so this makes our product however good, appear to be irrelevent.Entreprenuers cannot afford to lose money on experiments. Usually Black entreprenuers create based on the needs, taste and style of a Black American.

Just as buying white fulfills the needs of white America, buying Black will fulfill the needs of Black America. This is not a separatist theory but a fact.

Black people go into business not because they are out to produce an inferior product but because they believe the product they have produced is superior to the products that are on the market today.

I think is is a promblem and It seems like the founders are well educated. We as Americans should be treating others equally.While it may be happening, What would happen if Whites only shopped at white persons place Well in the end We will not be united but divided We will.

These people are just ridiculous. If they really want to support black businesses they could start by moving from their predominately white neighborhoodin to an predominately black or mixed area like Hyde park, kenwood or bronzeville. They don’t want to live with their own people, thats saying a lot. They are contributing to global warming with all their emissions, they should just live there instead.

If anybody in the white community urged people to boycott black-owned business for the sole reason that they were owned by blacks, it would be seen as racist. Why is this any different? Shouldn’t we support black-owned business because they’re closer or better, instead of simply black-owned?

Does it hurt to give it a try? It is an experiment.

Listen, white America for the most does support their own people. Black people have to fight so hard to work their way into white owned institutions, College football coaches corporate America, fire department, etc, etc.

Listen, I’ve worked in corporate America for over 15 years, it is very difficult to be successful as a black person, not impossible, but very difficult. If you not social viable, then you’re most likely not going to move as far, – as a result some black people are trying everything in their power to assimilate themselves into that social structure.

When black people have an equal playing field, then we can worry about being political correct. We need a strong black financial and social infrastructure, so we can build up our communities, every ethic group practices these ideals. It’s critical, especially to absorb times like these.

I still think many black people are psychological damage, even the educated ones. They still have an overarching depth to fit in with white social structures. I love with LeBron James did. He decided to give some of friends he grew up with a chance to manage his advertisement and endorsement contracts, oppose to giving to a white own marketing company. They are very few black-marketing companies supporting professional athletics. He gets it. I like this Ebony Experiment and will support any way I can.

THIS IS TITLED “THE BIGGEST FEAR”
THE BIGGEST FEAR that European America has with African Americans (DOUBLE A’s)buying (DOUBLE A)is that we will become economically powerful beyond their measures of control, which is one of the major reasons why many European American banks and lending institutions do not lend to African American entreprenuers.
This debate shouldn’t even include members from outside African American culture i.e. European Americans, but does because we are the only group who was forcibly brought here specifically to benefit them at our expense. Now that educated DOUBLE A’s are taking their share of the $723Billion dollars that we spend every year within this country, and keeping it amongst ourselves like the Koreans, Chinese, Irish, Italian’s and a long list of other cultures, now it’s a problem.
The truth of the matter is, European Americans have and still do look to support European American owned businesses and rarely if ever support African American businesses outside of food or entertainment. What European America doesn’t want to face , is the simpe cold hard facts. European America has always discriminated, harrassed, terrorized and tried to intimidate African Americans from being economically independent from them, because they always wanted African Americans to remain weak, unstable, divided and dependent on them like we were their children, from Slavery till this present day.(BLACK WALL STREET, ROSEWOOD)
So now you have some European American bloggers on here trying to run that same ole tired game when they see that DOUBLE A’s are economically pulling away from them, saying
“We as Americans should be treating others equally. While it may be happening, What would happen if Whites only shopped at white persons place Well in the end We will not be united but divided We will.”
Well here’s the News Flash African Americans were never even considered Americans before September 11, 2001. We were all considered “Niggers”, but now since European America is afriad of terrorism and they want DOUBLE A’s to fight for them, now we are all of the sudden “AMERICAN’S”
The truth of the matter is White America didn’t want African Americans in your stores for centuries, and you created this atmosphere for each race going to their own, because you’ve shown everybody that sticking to their own is safer, than having to be discriminated against and harrased by European Americans in their economic environments. Now that African Americans see you for who and what you really are, you’re afraid that you can no longer control the monster that you’ve created.

Listen, I’ve worked in corporate America for over 15 years, it is very difficult to be successful as a black person, not impossible, but very difficult.

While Blacks do face some challenges that Whites do not face, my overall experience has not come close to what you described. I entered the corporate workforce in the early 90′s and found that if I worked hard and SMART, I had the same opportunities as my White counterparts. For the Whites that wanted to stand in my way, I was able to figure out how to navigate around them and move on with my life and goals.

As I expressed in this post, while I think the Ebony Experiment overall is something worth checking out, those of us who have been around for a while have seen “experiments” like this come and go. What matters to most American consumers–ESPECIALLY IN THIS ECONOMY–is cost and quality of product. Like I also said in this post, there should also be a similar pledge coming from Black business owners.

I think as a people we have fulfilled the consumer role quite well. I think its time we raise the bar on our producers. By doing so, we will not only generate revenue from our own, but from all other races as well.

How do we find black owned busines in our areas. I love this idea but find it extremely hard to find black owned businesses let alone rood reputable ones. I live in Houston and Baton Rouge. Please give feedback

I couldn’t agree more… we should have black people buy only from black owned stores and white people buy from white owned stores. And while were at it lets send black and white kids to different schools, that really seemed to help things didnt it? How can people be so blind? Call it whatever you want to. Justify it however you see right in your own eyes. In the end all it is is justified racism. I am not and have never been racist, however it is hard to sit by while seeing the hypocrisy and double standards of many special interest minority groups. While applying to schools and scholarships as a white male I was always the odd man out. The fine print would always state that “priority would be given to minority and undeserved applicants including : African Americans, Native Americans, Latino Americans, Asian American, and women.” Well lets see here who does that leave out?…… oh I know how about the white male. But that is socially acceptable right? I dont need a scholarship or get into a good school because Im white. Thats because all white men share their money and job openings at our white man conventions where we plan news ways to oppress minorities. (I’m being sarcastic)
Basically what I’m saying is that this is wrong and that it creates divisions. If you really want to make headway in this country go to school, get good grades, act in a professional manner, and for God sakes stop blaming others for your problems. Only when everyone takes responsibility for themselves can we really get somewhere. To create a country where race does not matter and we truly are all equal. Often times I feel that is not what people from the minority communities truly want….

This is in response to James Taylor. You must have got all wrapped up in your feelings when you said that you’re the odd man out when you were applying for schools and Scholarships. I guess when you went to apply you figured that that nothing had to be done to balance out what your people have unbalanced throughout this society tht still exists till this very day. But now let’s ask you a question James. James did you still get into college despite your obvious disadvantage of being a white male in a society that has been geared for your existence? I bet you did. James you seem like you’re mad, because you didn’t recieve preferential treatment like most European Americans have for the past 390years in this country.
This is where the rubber meets the road for you James. At this point, most African Americans are and will continue to support are own people,and recover ourselves and families from the damages that your people have unleashed upon us without you. Your claiming that African Americans buying form other African Americans creates divisions with other races….WRONG! It just makes us stronger, which is something that this country never wanted African Americans to be. You talk about how the fine print would always include UNDESERVED applicants includung African Americans, Latino’s, Asians tc..etc.etc…Question: What makes you think that you actually deserve African American money in your stores or that you’re a deserving applicant to recieve a scholarship. I thik that you got few things twisted James, just because you’re white doesn’t mean that you’re deserving of anything.
Last but least James we already now how to make headway in this country, we don’t need a lecture from some egocentric, overprivliged white boy who doesn’t realized that he actually has more advantages than anybody else in the world today. Oh yeah James, like most Euroepean American males who don’t want to admit the obvious truth, is you’ve been the African American problem, from 246years of Chattel Slavery, 108years of Jim Crow through 36years of Integration. So we will continue to blame the source of our problems in this country you lazy bastard. The fact that European American male is upset with African Americans doing what every nationality has always done, which is to buy form their own, lets us know that we’re doing the right thing.

In response to AFRICANAMERICANONE. I’m sorry that you feel this way. I tried to respectfully bring up some issues that you seem to have overlooked. In the process of your response you have done only but embarrassed yourself. Calling me a “lazy bastard” and an “over privileged White boy.” First of all there is no need to resort to name calling. I am not looking for conflict but just showing the other side of the coin. Unfortunately this offends you. You only want to see it your way.

First of all throughout your quickly stated response you came to a couple of conclusions about me that you inferred to by just the knowledge of my gender and race. You concluded that I was lazy and over privileged…How dare you. You have no idea about me. I didn’t come from a rich family. My father has been working in the same factory for over 30 years. My family has strong work ethics that we abide by and in which I conduct my studies at college. Believe me getting into my college is not easy. I worked like crazy to get into my college. I graduated with a 3.81 in honors courses. Why did you automatically assume these things? However that is besides the point.

Just like I will never fully understand what it is like to be African American, you too will never know what it is like to be white. In your mind you have demonized an entire people.

Look I know the statistics. Every February since kindergarten we learned about all the things that happened. I know that reading from a book can never be the real thing. That is unless you have lived through it. What year were you born?

This past September I traveled down to Louisiana to help with the hurricane relief efforts for both hurricane Gustav and Ike. The first day was a real culture shock for me. Where I am from there really aren’t that many African Americans. Not because of discrimination or economic reasons. Just because there just arent that many. In the camp there were about 2400 evacuees. 27 of them were white. My first minute in the door of the shelter I witnessed a white boy about 12 years old having his face pounded into concrete by 4 other black kids. All over a game of tag. After a couple minutes it was broken up….Quite the first impression don’t you think? The next 23 days while I helped assist the elderly and cleaned up the place that was constantly in horrible conditions because people would not clean up after themselves. Never in my life have I been so completely disrespected. And for what? I never said a word of ill to anyone. Just walking by people would spit at me, call me cracker, white nigger etc. When it came time to send the evacuees back on the buses I took initiative and grabbed a trolley car to assist disabled and elderly residents with their luggage to the buses. What I didn’t realize was that perfectly able body African Americans started yelling at me and ordering me to help them. When I replied that the trolley was for “special needs” evacuees they cursed me and accused me of being racist. How? They were all African Americans. I was helping the elderly African Americans.

Another experience from my first day I will never forget for the rest of my life was a conservation with a medic who was working there at the camp. He was a white middle aged man who came up to me and we started talking. After a couple of minutes, out of the blue he asked me if I was racist. Of course I said “no.” After hearing this he chuckled then grinned and as he walked away said, “You will be.”

I understand that despite these experiences I have had it is never right to judge someone based on other things than their own merit. That is why everyone I ever meet in my life has a clean slate.

Look I really don’t care what you do or how you spend your money. That is your decision. Just let me ask you this. Can you just for one moment look past yourself to the other side and look at this from a different perspective. How can you not see the hypocrisy from promoting Africans Americans to only buy from other African Americans. Really. Just stop and consider that for a moment. If need be stop reading my comment and just go for a walk and think about that.

I never meant to offend anyone. I hope that you can read this with an open mind and just look at things from a different perspective. Often the media portrays racism as something white people are only capable of. Studies have proven that it is human nature for a majority to take advantage of groups of smaller influence and numbers. Look around the world. In Iraq the Kurdish minority is oppressed by the Shiites. In China the Miao are oppressed by the Han majority. In Africa the ethnic/religious minorities of Sudan have been slaughtered by the majority. All of this is wrong. But it is a part of life. Just like these people around the world, you, and me have experienced discrimination in some form or manner.

I hope that my writing inspired some interest. I always invite different ideas, and will always take everything that other say into consideration. That is as long as it is done in a respectful manner. Its 1:30 in the morning and I have classes tomorrow.

Respectfully,
James Taylor

I am black and find this idea ridiculous. Just think of it for once. Imagine some white folks comes with the ideas like buy only white musicians CD, watch only white actors movies, Support only white entrepreneurs and imagine the Hispanic, the Asia folks or simply put all different races want the development and encouragement only to be restricted to the people of there race.
What would we start screaming? Racism!
As people we can do better than that.

This is in response to James Taylor. James you may in fact be good hearted guy, but what triggers me and I know I speak for many African Americans when I say this, but I resent a European American male using the word “UNDESERVED” in regards to African Americans, Latino’s and Asians recieving scholarships and acceptance into college places you into an automatic line of fire. You have no right to determine who deserves what in this country, especially whether you want to admit it or not, but what you have in this country is a direct result of what our ancestors blood sweat and tears has provided.
I’ve already looked past me to the other side of the coin, the truth of the matter is that you haven’t. What makes you really believe that African Americans have truly ever recovered from the damages from 354years of Slavery and Jim Crow? What makes you think that I or any other African American owes any type of loyalty to European American businesses who love to treat the African American with the utmost of disrespect when we walk into your establishments. James what you like so many other European Americans fail to realize is that you’re people have made themselves the enemies of African Americans, and continue to do so till this very day. You don’t understand how African Americans view you, because you’re not a part of a culutre that has been generationally hurt, maligned, discrimated against, harrassed etc..etc… I know that what you just read went in one ear and out the other, because you probably think that African Americans are blaming everyone else for their problems. The truth of the matter is James that European americans have loved being a problem to Africa Americans. You wrote I have no idea what it is to be white and that I have demonized an entire culture. Well that’s funny James, because that comment makes me want to ask you a question Didn’t European America enjoy being our Demon’s? C’mon let’s face it don’t you guys enjoy the benefits of the 246years of Slavery? How bout the 108years of Jim Crow? Or maybe how you guys control most of the banks and businesses that help lock African Americans out of achieving our dreams? James at this point you shoudn’t expect a clean slate, because to the average African American……you just can’t be trusted to do the right thing. We’ve tried givng you the benefit of the doubt throught integration and we’re still the last hired and the first fired.
James you mught be a nice guy, but how much more did you really expect us to take?

My apologies I didn’t mean to say “undeserved” I meant to say “under served,” that was a writing typo on my part. Obviously we wont see eye to eye on this issue that has become clear. The point that I was making is that I was born in 1987. I have never discriminated against anyone or have any racial tendencies. However what the universities are asking is for us to stand by while decisions about scholarships and enrollment are made on credentials other than merit and academic achievement. That is why I believe that it is wrong for applications to ask the ethnic group that an applicant belongs to. It is really none of their business or concern. You will probably disagree, but the sole purpose of that is to boost minority enrollment, not help all the white people get in. I have a problem with that. Why should I pay for the past? Thats is why I mentioned the year in which I was born. I understand that on some scale discrimination happens today, but it is not government sponsored. There will always be those individual whackos who cling to racism, but unfortunately that is part of life. Personally if I applied for a job and was rejected based on my race it would hurt but really would you want to work for that person anyways?

Again the clumping of white people as a whole. We are not all connected to the same server and don’t take orders from one person. I resent the comment that white people cant be trusted. The reason why white people own the businesses is because well… it just happened that a white person built one. The same is true in any other country that you go to. In France the Arab population is sore because French own all the businesses in France. In China you might see the occasional British owned shipping company, but everything else…Chinese. This is changing though in the last decade has seen a great boost in businesses started by non white Americans.

Im just curious, you dont have to answer this question, but what in your life has happened to you? What discrimination have you faced personally?

Respectfully,

James Taylor

James Taylor, you’re almost comical cause your so young and naive. James I’m almost old enough to be your father. I’m going to assume that you’re going to turn 22 this year? James what you need to understand on this topic of African Americans keeping their money in their hands, is that. it’s our money and we don’t have to justify or explain who and where we spend it.
Ya see James I was born in 1971, and I clearly saw and experienced all of the racism, discrimation, harrassment and sabotage. Yes James I was chased home by mobs of white teenagers when I was a child. I’ve had white people threaten to kill me as early as the age of eight, as did my father and as did his father before him. So let’s stop with the pissing contest to see who experienced what, where and when. Just be greatful James that African americans have not returned the favors to you and your father as your people did to me and mine.
James the bad things that you’re experiencing for the first time, are unfortunatley the things that you inherited. James you don’t realize it, probably because you’re simply just too young, but you’re just seeing the backlash of European America as a whole trying to turn and keep African Americans as their animals.
Ask yourself a question James? Did you really think that that much damage could be rendered upon a grup of peopl and they wouldn’t resent you? Atleast occasionally treat you bad? James this should be expected. Maybe you don’t all listen to the smae guy or as you put it, “Hooked up to the same server”, but you know your people created an atmosphere that you now are forced to deal with. You didn’t think that ya’ll would be in control of us forever, did you?
Not that this has anything to do with what the original topic is, butJames when you do bring up Affirmative Action Programs, why do you focus on the groups that recieve the very least of the money and benefits? Don’t you know that 80% of all Affirmative Action benefits and jobs go directly to European American women? So maybe JAmes you should direct your anger towards them, not towards people of color.
James, one of th reasons why I’m cautious of young men like you, is because you’re very egocentric.(a self-centered person with little regard for others limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs)
Ya see James you remind me of the typical European American male because, you come onto an African American website that has one topic that is specifically geared towards African Americans, but you made sure that you switched the subjest away from what the original topic is(THE EBONY EXPERIMENT)to what you wanted to talk about, as if though your problems, ideas, concerns, experiences and issues are more important than the original topic at hand.
James maybe the main reason why we don’t see eye to eye is because, 1) You don’t really know anything about African Americans or are culture and truly don’t feel the need to know 2) You don’t live around DOUBLE A’s. James here’s a word to the wise. Stop blogging on African American issues and subjects when you really don’t know what you are truly talking about, cause in the end you make yourself look very naive and ignorant.
Take Care James.

Hey, AfricanAmericanOne, Shut the f**k up! You’re embarassing black people everywhere. You know what, life ain’t fair. There are a lot of much worse things that have happened to billions of people over the millenia that we’ll never hear about. If you keep holding grudges and demonizing an entire race of people, you’ll never get anywhere. Things get better and better. You were born in ’71 and maybe all those things happened. But that’s no reason to decide to take things back even further. What if whites decided to only go to white businesses? It’s ridiculous. I was born in ’92. I’ve met good people of all the races. I’ve met a few bad ones of all the races. I don’t say “European Americans” are evil because of that. And if you hate whites so much, take the next plane ticket back to Africa. Oh yeah,that’s what I thought.

In response to AFRICANAMERICANONE. Fair enough. I am white, and this is an African American news commentary and politics website. I wont say anything more…
Take care,

James Taylor

And you wonder why white people hate you..

I read the article in the Sunday paper. All I can say is shame on you. What happened to just being an American? MLK wanted people to be known by their character not by the color of their skin. Shame on you.

This is blatant racism and it shows that prejudice is alive and well- EVERYWHERE & IN EVERY RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP.
I would never support such a program and encourage all right-thinking people to do the same and ignore this stunt.

I really do think, experiments like this only perpetuate division between races. If a white person ever said something like that, I am sure we (blacks) would have been quick to react, hold rallies and protest. The economy is hard for everyone in America irrespective of your race. There is no one race to blame for this, therefore I think it will be helpful to collectively assist in making a difference rather than make such an insensitive remark which ultimately divides us a people.

To Tim..I don’t think I saw the word “boycott” in the experiment….stay positive

It’s really sad to see black people on cnn.com talking about boycotting all businesses except for their race. This is racist! Then the announcer talks about koreans, italians and other countries preferring to do business with their own people and justifying the boycott. The Ebony Experiment couple are from America. They are preferring to do business with their own race. Whites are also Americans. Boycotting other races means that the Ebony Experiment couple are racists. How sad to see the CNN announcer empathizing with racists. You just don’t realize the damage you are doing by empathizing and seemingly approving the racial boycotting of all other races by blacks. Why did I donate all that money and do all that I did to help get President Obama get elected. What a disappointing outcome! And just as disappointing is to see the CNN announcer seemingly approve the motives behind the experiment. The announcer needs to examine his feelings towards whites. Maybe I’ll switch to FOX.

I think we should do this a a community, because we have allowed the Koreans, the Chinese, the East Indians, and the Middle Easteners to come into our communities and we don’t get in. It is time stop the complaining and start back investing into our own and I am also tired of the pundits getting one or two blacks to speak for all us. A place where we can start this practice is in Higher education. Black College Alumni challenge your colleges to start doing business with black firms.

Damn! AfricanAmericanone! Sorry but you are one racist son-of-a-bi$ch!!!

I’ll start by saying i am white(i apologize) and born in 1968. Seriously though, I’m offended by you saying that all whites are a problem whether past or present. It just ain’t so!!! just like all African Americans can’t be lumped into one category neither can whites. Everytime you talk with “we” and “us”, “them” and “you” than you are part of the problem. You seemed pissed that white people even be allowed to come on this site and comment.

When i went to high school i chose a school that had more African Americans. I was attracted to their culture. Back than Rap was just starting and so was break dancing. I have always gone out of my way to support Minority owned businesses (Trinidadian, Korean, Ethiopians, etc). But when i read comments like yours, it reminds me of the days i use to go to our Jump Up(Caraibean parade) some of the people would look at me like ‘what the fucks Whitie doing here?” Too bad. I don’t like feeling out of place(like i do right now) but i’m passionate about African American culture.

Anyhow, just want you to know that some of “us” on or your side.

You were both outstanding on CNN, Sunday, March 15, 2008. What an extraordinary opportunity you are proposing — not new, but just-in-time to take that leap of faith to build in our own communities to create, sustain and build wealth and provide jobs. The government Stimulus Package is offering job creation opportunities and we should exploit these just as other entrepreneurs have historically done to build businesses in our communities. Prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1868, Black businesses flourished in the south because of segregation. Black consumers patronized stores, restaurants and services in their communities but that did not exclude purchases made in other stores if products were not available in black owned stores. We need to develop a Resource Bank of stores and products, particularly on-line. This is an excellent way of building wealth in the Black community not dissimilar from the path Jewish, Korean, Vietnamese and other ethnic groups have taken successfully. Indeed, I would support Black businesses and do. Now! When will CNN interview other ethnic groups and ask the question if their businesses are racists? It’s time to take the reins and build the future for our children. Quality has no color and there is little that Black America has not done on some scale and cannot do in the future. If you build it they will come.

You have got to be kidding me?? I vow from this day forward I will never buy so much as a Skittle from anyone in the Black Community! Blacks are the most racist people In America today. If you are so proud of being an “African” then leave go back. No one is keeping you here. Blacks are the one who keep this “Racist” B.S. going. I once was accused of being part of the reason that the “Black” community is being held down.(this came from my black friend) Well guess what…. You don’t know me!! No one knows my history so don’t be so quick to look at all white people the same. I am a only the 2nd generation to be born in this country. You look at me as a “white cracker”, but no one in my family was ever a “Cracker” so don’t judge all whites the same. If you want to have real pride then why not stop all your racist crap and just be an AMERICAN like the rest of us who were brought to this country, and buy only American! In my eyes we are all in this together, why don’t we join forces that way and make “one” bad a&& country??? Why not?? Uhhh it’s because YOU ARE THE RACIST ONES!! And it’s for reasons like this “Ebony Experiment”, and Black College fund, and Black History month, and so on, that I form this opinion! I don’t care if you want to have pride and support your “People”, but don’t you dare ever call me a racist when
I buy from someone just because they are white, or I celebrate white history month, or I send my son to an all white college, Oh yeah you couldn’t, because that does not exist! I for one am so tired of the black communities crap about us white people holding them down, that is crap and you all know it. Stop using it as an excuse and get off you butts and live for yourselves and stop putting the focus on racism, and watch it will go away. Don’t judge me, YOU DON’T KNOW ME!! I am so far from being a racist it’s not even funny, but there comes a point when you get so fed up with being looked at as a racist, that you have to speak up, and that is all I am doing. You all are the ones who keep the race issue stirred up, because that is your crutch and your excuse!!!

Wow black people buying from only black people what an idea!Maybe I will start serving only the whites in my business and see how long it takes the NAACP and god know who else to file a lawsuit for discrimination. I for one am tired of it always being ok for blacks to exclude whites but never can whites exclude blacks. Stand back and watch because I can assure you I will never purchase anything from a black owned business ever again. Please remember YOU made me take this action by force of example!

These people are spitting in the face of every non-black person. Do they sit on a toilet seat made only by a black-owned company? Do they use black-made toilet paper? Do they use only black-made electricity? Do they ride around in only black-made automobiles? I suggest they build a thatch hut in her Miami and try to live like their BLACK ancestors. Maybe go back to AFRICA and try to live like their similarly skinned neighbors. The designer of this experiment did not have the guts to fully design the experiment and fully think out the real extent of the process. Do these people remember that their ancestors were probably involved in tribal warfare and might have died if it wasn’t for salvation in the states called slavery? I am surprised at CNN for not seeing the obvious flaws in this ‘experiment’.

Well stated Phillip! What’s next Black and white drinking fountains again? It’s funny how we went full circle here,this is like how there were white schools, then blacks were let in, now they want their “Black” schools again? You said it Phillip, They are forcing us non-black people to react, and they may not like the consequences, I for one will never buy another thing from another black person, Ever, and if this starts to actually happen, you better believe I will be SCREAMING “racism” on behalf of the non-black people!!

I am very upset at this experiment. We are trying to be one race and not divided by color. With people thinking like this we will never move past color. What if I shoped at only stores owned by “whites” If I went public here I would be called a raciest. What if I stated a new channel on TV called WET – White Entertainment. How about Whit Only scholarships…. We need to stop thinking of color and on the quatily of people for scolarships, the quality of service at the business. If the service is good, go back, why should the owner matter? I as a “white” person do not see color. I see people. Why must you see color? Lastly, I am not a fan of the term Africian Americian. you are americian just like me. I know, I’m not white. I’m Irish Americian.

AFRICANAMERICANONE: Are you really serious? Nothing you have said made any sense what so ever! You say “African Americans keeping their money in their hands, is that. it’s our money and we don’t have to justify or explain who and where we spend it.” Guess what YOU ARE A RACIST!!!! As a German American I will only spend my money at “white” businesses, just so I can keep my money out of the hands of “Black” and non-white persons!! (sound racist??Why, because I am white?)

“2) You don’t live around DOUBLE A’s. James here’s a word to the wise. Stop blogging on African American issues and subjects when you really don’t know what you are truly talking about, cause in the end you make yourself look very naive and ignorant.” This was your response to “James”. Well I will have you know that I am older than you, and I have been around a lot longer, you are the one who seems naive. By the AA people having a site like this one is fine, and we are allowed on here all day long if we want to, if you want to keep whites out then make it a black members only site! (which would be racist if whites did it) and furthermore AA like you are the ones who are keeping this a race issue! What are you saying now, that AA are wanting segregation back??? I don’t understand, please explain the reasoning behind “staying in your own community”. You also say “stop blogging on African American issues”, this to me seems like its not just an AA issue, if we wanted an all white college, the AA people would call out the NAACP, wouldnt they? So in a case like that, would you then agree that that is a “White” issue and that blacks sould not get involved?
You speak from both sides of your mouth! What is good for one should be good for the other. If you truly want segregation back, than just come out and say it, if you want racism to stop, then STOP THE RACISM YOURSELF, and encourage your people to do the same instead of making it worse!

I think some AA ought to start a business dying toilet paper brown. A business producing brown copy paper. Are AAs suggesting roads and cars created by DOAs(Decendants of Africans) be established? Please Mr and Mrs AA – DO NOT SPIT IN MY FACE ANYMORE! A real experiment would be to see if you rogue AAs could survive in rural Africa.

“Do they sit on a toilet seat made only by a black-owned company? Do they use black-made toilet paper? Do they use only black-made electricity? Do they ride around in only black-made automobiles?” Where are the black businesses like these you mentioned? Oh.. that right they were destroyed by whites in the early part of the 20th century. You try to make an argument against black businesses yet show proof as to why there are no company in the heavy industries owned by blacks. Blacks businesses have been relegated to small groceries, barbershops/hair salons, shoe stores, chicken wing/fast food etc. Nothing on the heavy industrial level such as toilet paper(pulp mills), nuclear/coal power, automotive manufacturing, ship building etc. I hope this experiment succeeds and others catch on across the country. Maybe in 50 years one of the small businesses supported by the Ebony Experiment will be a big multinational firm.

See, what all of you idiots have done? Now, you’re going to start a new racial strife with your “black-owned businesses”. Look, I’ve lived all my life in Africa and have come here just for a few months. But everything I’ve seen has shown me that blacks are the ones segregating themselves. When I go to the library, i see a black section, I see dieting for black people, I even saw “Calculus for Black People”!. Come on!

This is to Heather R First of all Heather R Calm Yourself down. There’s nothing that you could say that will change the mind of me and literally millions of other African Americans on this issue. So you getting on here with all of your emotion is comlpletely useless. Second of all Ms. German American, let me ask you ask you a few questions: Is it racist when the Chinese have their Chinatowns in every major city and primarily buy from only themselves? Is it racist when Jews only buy from Jews? Is it racist when Mexicans buy from Mexicans? No of course not.
You see Ms. Heather you’re probl;em is that you decided to take this personal, when this isn’t about you, for once it’s about out recovery from the generational damage that you’r people have caused. The truth of the matter is to this vary day, African Americans economically, socially and politically suffer from the fallout from 354years of Slavery and Jim Crow (1619-1973) Youy say come and join forces with you? FOR WHAT? THere is no joining forces with you, becasue the overwhelming majority of European American have never and will never do business with African Americans. You’ve been takers and always will be takers. If you don’t like the idea of African American buying form their own, then you stop the blatant discrimination that you do against African Americans today. You’re not my nationality you racist, and since you’re people can’t repair the damge that you’ve caused than this is the next step in this equation between us.
I purposely waited to respond to you, because one that’s my right and two Iwanted you to exhaust yourself from all of that hot air that you’re blowing.
I’ll be waiting for your convoluted response. Like we won’t help ourselves. PLEASE

This goes to Michel…………1)Michel stop acting like DOUBLE A’s buying from one another is a Boycott against you. It’s not, it really is to help ourselves and our families recover economically and socially from two consecitive eras that have nearly destroyed the African American community as a whole. 2) Why is this important for African Americans to buy more from you, than from ourselves? Michel this is not to sound or be racist, but I have an obligation to help my family, community, culture and myself more than I have to you or anyone who is a Non African American. we don’t owe anybody anything, especially since the United States can’t make right all that they’ve made wrong. It no longer exist the days where in which AA’s must overlook their pains and their problems that didn’t start with us and were created by many European Americans and the institutions that European Americans have operated for their own gain and at our expense
Michel if you say that you love African American culture than you can’t just be a Kat who just loves the music. Who Doesn’t? Don’t say that you love my culture only when you’re shaking you’re butt to our music and expect African Americans to respect you. If you love AA culture, than Michel you need to get educated about it and get involved in it to make it better even if it means that you might piss a few people off along the way. Michel let me break some things down for you, that you may not understand.
HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS LOOK AT MANY WHITES
Many African Americans whether they admit it or not,look at many European Americans as selfish, two faced, greedy people who only look to enhance themeselves at the expense of African Americans. At this day and age Michel, African Americans spend $723Billion dollars a year within the United States. This is not all Blacks in the world, it is simply just African Americans. Only 8%percent of this is spent amongst ourselves and the other 92%is spent with other nationalities. Michel we have enhanced the United States to the point that it is now, but where has it gotten us? NOWHERE. We will do what every culture has done and is currently doing to enhance themseleves, even if it means cutting ties from those who’ve sworn to be our enemies.
So at this day and age Michel, with economy being as bad as it is and with African Americans still being the first fired and the last hired, please explain to me why shouldn’t African Americans look out for themselves?

DEAR TOPE>>> I’m gone start this one out by saying: Why don’t you Shut The F**k Up You Uneducated Little Sh$t? You were born in 1992 so that means that your little immigrant ass has been here all of let’s see…… 17years. You got a lot of nerve bringing your butt over here from Africa, talking shit on an African American website, in a country that you’ve only been here for a few months in with the descendants of the people who built the country that you now seek to get your money from.
Little Boy you still got milk on your breath, so brush your teeth before you speak. If I were you, I would happy everyday that you’re above ground in the land in my ancestors built. The only reason why you have the money in your pockets today is solely because we are the ones who this econmy was built off of. You’re right life isn’t fair, and it would be tarrible for you to get your green card revoked and sent rightback to that impovished,govermantally corrupt country that your 17year old behnd just came from. TOPE, let me remind you that you are a long way from home, and that Little colonized Nigger Mentality that you have, ain’t gonna get you too far in this country. AA’s call balck folks like you HOUSE NIGGERS cause you think that speaking the truth about the state in which European Americans have left African Americans in, should just be forgotten.
NEWS FLASH JACK ASS>>>>>>WRONG!!!
We know that you came to this country to get some money and seek a better alife for yourself, but you better shut yo mouth in regards to our politiics, our money and issues that we have with racist Europepan Americans. You have no say so in what goes on here with African Americans whatsoever. And if you had any type of education you fool, you would know that a growing African American economy you idiot would only help you, especially in economic times like these. A fully developed African American economy is something even Barack Obama himself encouraged during his campaign. African American econmy would buffer African Americans and Africans from constant European American racism and discrimination in the job market. But again you wouldn’t know that, because you really don’t understand how the United States operates internally, socially, politically or economically. Before you speak on DOUBLE A issues, get a true grasp of the culture first. If you can’t do this, then it’s probably time that you take Yoself Back To Africa.

THIS GOES OUT TO STUART CLINTON>>>>HEY LITTLE WHITE SUPREMACIST You said “Do these people remember that their ancestors were probably involved in tribal warfare and might have died if it wasn’t for salvation in the states called slavery?”
WELL FOOL LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION SINCE YOU THINK THAT YOU TALKING TO YO NIGGERS. Do you remember the Catholic Church intitiating the tribal warfare through the Spanish and the Portuguese governments to start an all out Guns war in West Africa to get us here to these states?
Since your White Supremacist behind thinks that Slavery was our “salvation” when we were actually your salvation in this country, do you have your part of the $777Trillion that your people owe African Americans for the building of your major cities, railroads, overlall economy U.S. economy, the rapes, tortures, murders, theft, enslavement and breeding of our people?
I know that you really ain’t used to African Americans being relentless with you, cause when we are, and when we tell it like it really IS, we are then called racist when you are the ones who have benefited and still benefit off of our backs today. The truth of the matter is, you just can’t handle the truth. But since you done came down here on this blog, I’m gone send you home with some, so you can tell your friends about it.(SAY CHEESE)

This is for “ARE YOU KIDDING”
I don’t care if White People like you hate me, because to be quite honest, WHO GIVES A DAMN! You’re exactly the type of European Americans that the average African American expects to find. You come on here talking about who you hate, but maybe you’re just reaping what you’ve sewn. Did you ever wonder why most of the world even your allies hate you? But you hate AA’s huh? Kiss My Ass you fool, don’t nobody care who you hate anymore.
You have no more respect in the eyes of the world, you’re just a parasite trying to keep your free lunch. You would think by this time that you would have figured out, that you just can’t smile in Black folks faces and think that we’ll like you and that all the shit that your people have done and continue to do, is just going to be swept underneath the rug. You’re that typical Europen American who thinks that you can and should live off of the advantages of the rapes, tortures, murders, breeding, theft and enslavement of my people.
Instead of you worrying about you hating us, you better be worrying about who hates you. Cause the way I see it, African Americans only have one true enemy and that’s the European Americans here in this country who’ve made themeselves our enemies, but you have enemies that are wrapped around the block waiting patiently to get a crack at you from all around the globe. So you telling me that you hate me>>>>>>SO WHAT! I’VE HEARD THAT BS SINCE I WAS 4 AND I’M STILL NOT AFRIAD OF YOU.

It’s not like it’s ‘our’ money anyways. Black people don’t produce money in and of ourselves, we’ve been inculcated in a monetary system controlled by elite bankers, who are by far white Americans and Europeans. Blacks aren’t going to have real wealth in this country, or any country until blacks have established real wealth and print real currency backed by that wealth… All this talk about dollars is gonna be moot in a year or so, anyways, with inflation on the rise. $723 billion dollars in yearly spending is, I’m afraid, a drop in the bucket. Blacks have gone from one manner of servitude to the next in the last 400 odd years. Paper money isn’t wealth, assets are, and most people of all colors don’t fully realize that- they will get sprung over a stack of $100 and recite mantras of “gotta get that paper, dog” or “greed is good” or “cash rules everything around me”. Of course a few folks will beat a path to prosperity but that’s likely not gonna honest, self made wealth, but credit or other financial instruments tied into stocks owed by, again, white owned/controlled banks and corporations. Remember the motto: Follow the money. *Know how it’s created, from start to finish.* The Federal Reserve- you know, the name printed on the top of our dollars- understand that institution. Only 3% of money is actually printed, and the rest is all computerized data. We don’t need money, we need assets. Money as we know it is simply a means to that end.

I agree with some who say that the most important thing is quality and competence. I do not include cost in this equation, because we routinely pay more the lowest price due to convenience or lack of access. I applaud the effort of trying to buy Black for a year. I would take it a step further in saying that you should attempt whenever possible to buy local. I feel that we are suffering the effects of globalization as a by product of the current economic crisis. Many of the businesses we have grown accustomed to patronizing don’t really have a stake in our communities. It is prudent to support local independent merchants whenever possible. If you live in a predominantly Black community then shopping in that community with local independents should help to keep money in that community. To put things in perspective, I am a Black business owner, and I would love for all Black people to buy from me. However, I know that is unrealistic. I want all people to buy from me because we offer great service. Given the realities of our society, though I find people will pre-judge and I don’t always get the opportunity to prove our value. But I will keep pushing forward. By the way, I have graduate level education with 2 master’s degrees, including an MBA. I started the business with a business plan, and well thought out goals, so competence is not an issue.

Hey AfricanAmericanOne thanks for your response. But the more you say the more you generalize all whites and pre-judge myself. For one i just don’t shake my booty to your music i actually have been purchasing music since the the days of Kool and the Gang, Donna Summers, Whodini, Roxanne Chante, Run DMC, Yellowman, Pinchers, Buju Banton… you name it i got it. I still buy old Blues and old Jazz and old Disco and old Rap and new Rap. I go yearly to Reggae festivals. I regularly watch Basketball, boxing, and Track and Field. I’m sure by now you are rolling your eyes. Nothing will ever be enough for you cause you hang on to anger even towards people like me. I eat every week at a triidadian restaurant. Big whoope, right? When i first started working i was a successful art director in advertising. I was hired cause my portfolio kicked ass not cause i was white. I went out of my way to include African Americans and other minorities in my ad campaigns. Clients who refused i walked away from. Today i do renovations and interior design. For the last 2 yrs all my clients have been AA, except for one, my mother. Most of my AA clients have also been elderly, who are at least twice your age and have seen the 1960′s. I go out of my way to give them excellent service and take into consideration all the racism they may have had in their lives. That is why i charge them just above minimum wage. Not because i see them as poorer or inferior but because i feel they need to give them some hope in the human race. I end up eating supper with them and become close friends. You Mr. AfricanOne you will undoubtedly find some way to see the negative in how i am, but unfortunately, you will be wrong. I truly believe that we are all equal. I realize what happened in the past. But i am 100% not responsible for the past only the present. Now if you still wish to live in an enclosed world go ahead. But don’t expect it to be the solution.

No one in my family works for a bank, a financial institution or the like. There are no lawers, doctors, elected officials, or policemen. You are prejudice by grouping all whites the way you are even though you are right in saying that blacks have not had their fare share.

Last point. When you talk of the last 400 yrs, i agree that it was terrible, but the history of all civilizations and humans for that matter were terrible and more often than not built on the backs of conquered groups. Read up on the Aztecs, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, Germanic tribes, the Turks, Mongolians, Japanese, Romans, Ancient Greeks, the Huns, the Syrians(some of the all-time biggest slave traders), and you’d be surprised if you dug deep into the history of Africans such as the Egyptians, the Ethiopians, the Mali-ians, the Nigerians, the Hutus, and on and on.

How far will this so-called project go? Will they stop serving whites to prove a point? Anyhow this Ebony Experiment is just a fancy way to say by Black ONLY!!!

I agree with Kevin that buying locally is a great way to support your community. If your community happens to be predominantly AA than great!

Close to where i live there is a large Jewish community. They unfortunately do business amongst themselves. They sure don’t get respect because for it and are seen as a close-knit prejudice bunch. My immediate neighborhood is comprised of nearly 40% Asians(Chinese, Vietnamese, Pakistanis, East Indians and Afghanis). They all have their respective stores and shops where many non-Asians go to eat or shop. The neighborhood is mixed and everything is more or less fine. The Blacks and Whites who are also here choose to be. The local Walmart is packed with all cultures either working or shopping. And yes that money goes back to the evil corporate white America. My point is there are many whites who are not part of the problem, who don’t own businesses, who aren’t responsible for unfair hiring practices .

Of everyone i’ve ever met who has gone abroad to do volunteer and help countries in need have been predominantly white and people without money. Just people who care and want to make a difference. Many volunteer projects in Africa have been started by whites from Europe and North America. Today, there are many Chinese but not exactly there for the better of the African people. I f you have a chance to go to Angola there are 22,000 Chinese workers. Sure the Angolan government is getting something in return but the Chinese are there to deplete that country of its resources( the same i’m sure can be said of the Shells and Haliburtons of this world).

So, when African Americans talk about corporate white America you are not talking about me or my neighbor, or my family, or my friends. You are talking about a select few that happen to be white. They are greedy, they are racist but they are not the first nor will they be the last, because they are human and human nature kinda sucks at times.

AFRICANAMERICANONE Not that I have to respond, because you have just completely made yourself and all AA’s look like uneducated, ignorant, lazy racists! But this is funny to see you so pissed, so I will respond, because that also I my right!…………….”You know I am not a racist, or I was not a racist, until I have read your comments, it is now because of you that I really believe that most AA’s really are ignorant trash. Your men fill the prisons in this country, and your women sit at home collecting that Government Checks, and you expect us to take you seriously? It’s a good thing that the “Messiah” has become President, because it took him becoming President for you to get off your ass and start to function in “America”, like the rest of us. For God sake, you have one excuse after the next for AA’s being in the position they are in, and really all you are saying is that your people are LAZY and full of shit! No one has held you down. That is bullshit and you know it. ~~AA music is horrid, all it is is Nigga this and Nigga that, and dope slinging, gun toting, screwing everything that walks, wanna be baller filth being bellowed out of the mouth of the very punks that fill our prisons.
~~ Your culture is nasty right off the CDC site out of all the Aids cases, “49% are BLACK, 30% are white, and 20% are other” plus this is from this site. http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE50C5XV20090113
“Blacks make up 12 percent of the U.S. population, but account for about 70 percent of gonorrhea cases and almost half of chlamydia and syphilis cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Black women ages 15 to 19 have the highest rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea, and gonorrhea rates for blacks overall were 19 times higher than for whites, the CDC said.”
~~ Your people are a drain on this economy, and you are and always have been lazy excuse makers. You people have plenty of opportunity to stand on your own two feet, but you have chosen to do nothing for the past 144 years since slavery ended, don’t hate the Jews because they have more than you, they have only been in America since the 1930′s, they worked for what they have now. And if you didn’t know this, the Chinese came here in the 1800′s (sound familiar?) building the Transcontinental Railway. They were right beside your people, but yet they got off their asses and worked for what they have now, the only difference between them and you and your people is, “THEY ARE NOT LAZY, THEY WORKED FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE NOW” they never made any excuses like your people have, they just acted.
~~ You say that there are so many people that would agree with you, and this may be true, the prisons is filled with them, but find me just one AA who agrees with you that does not speak Ebonics, and who has a college education, and has never been on welfare, and who has not been or does not know someone in jail, and who has graduated, and who has held a real job since they could work (Selling crack is not a real job) Find me that person who agrees with your non-sense, then I might listen, but you wont find that, because those people would say that you are lazy too, because all the things I just named were available to you too, you just chose not to stand up and “work” for it like they did, and they are the only AA that matter to me.

So what I say to you is, go ahead by all means buy from only black’s, you can’t live on BBQ chicken stands, Hair salons and Crack! You’ll need more than a weave to survive in this country!

~~ By the Way I VOTED for Obama, you racist piece of trash.

Heather, holy crap! You and Africanamericanone are pretty much both the same just at opposite ends. When people start throwing around statistics like you just did it just gives people(whites in this case) the right to hate a specific group. You’ve generalized all Blacks, just like i’m accusing Africanone of doing towards ‘European Americans’. Please think about what you said. Reread it when you’re in a calmer state of mind. And if your intention wasn’t to offend people than try and apologize, Africanone might be a racist and who knows he may be lazy, but he is one individual. If you had kept your insults towards him, instead of the whole AA community than maybe people would sort of take you seriously, but after your post it is hard to have any respect for you. Sorry.

Ok then I buy only from blacks (what and where)?? Whites all buy from whites, Hispanics only from Hispanics, Asians only from Asians, and so on and so forth, including biracials only buying from other biracials?? Now just how does this work?? Does anyone else see this as just being RACIST?? or is it just me. The blacks are much more racist than whites and other “minorities” already! What your doing is causing a wider divide between the races! I’m proud that we have a President who is biracial with a black wife, but that still is not a cause from a blatant call for racism from these idiots with their so called “Ebony Experiment.” It should be called the “Ebony, Ivory, Asian, Hispanic, Biracial, Egyptian, Indian, East Indian, Russian, German, English, French, Australian Experiment!” We will only buy from our own kind, yeah that’s a big step backwards! These people are fools, militant blacks trying to stir up racism. Maybe they need to get Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson on their bandwagon to help preach this poison!!!

Michel: That was the exact point I was trying to make! I am not a racist at all, I just wanted to hold the “mirror up” so to speak, to him. I see what you mean about it sounding like I am grouping all AA together, but like I said, he needed a dose of his own medicine. I support the black community as long as it does not keep the racism going, like africanamericanone is. Yes I was very offensive, and I did mean every word of that to him and him only, I am trying to have him see that he and persons who think like that are the very reason why “us” as Americans are not further along. Have we not learned anything from the MLK?
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
“little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
“And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”

So I ask you again. Have we learned anything? Are we going to let the words of such a honorable man be spit at and ignored, or are we going to overcome this as a community? I saw we no longer segregate ourselves, (ie: the ebony experiment) and come together as AMERICANS.

With the exception of africanone, I am sorry if anyone was offended, my words were painful and sharp, please understand that I was simply making a point to the most racist person I have ever come in contact with (africanone). He needs to see what it’s like to be on the other side of his nasty words. This is really not how I feel, you can see that from all the other posts that I have left, I never said anything before that deserved such a racist, hateful, attack to me personally!

Just like MLK said to do….I am holding my hand out to AA as a sister, it is up to them and africanon to man up and woman up, and take a hold. You saw what he said “you say come and join forces with you? FOR WHAT? THere is no joining forces with you,”
He and his type of thinking, is the reason that hate exist, and continues. If AA’s are not willing to make peace with us as brothers and sisters, than why should we tolerate their hate?
I am sure Africanone celebrates MLK day, Why? He knows nothing about MLK or his words, he has slapped MLK and the AA community in the face with his words.

And remember it was africanamericanone and his statements to the rest of us one here, who grouped all AA’s together. Not me, I responded to his words! In his own way he self proclaimed himself to be the official voice of AA’s. What other choice did I have then to respond the way I did?

HERE’S HEATHER R…..I knew you’d be back. I’m going to leave the logical conversation for Michel. Ready here we go! So you said that the Chinese worked for everything that they have Here’s the real question…………HAVE YOU?
The truth of the matter is that European Americans not all whites in the world, just aminly European Americans should never talk about anyone being lazy except when you’re looking the mirror at yourselves. You are a Parasite Culture that is unworthy of anyones respect. Since we’re all speaking freely on here, then I’m sure that you can take it, right. For the most part European America has been a Parasite Culture of White Supremacy that has literally fed itself off of the backs of African Americans for a period of 354years (1619-1973). What you resent is African Americans confronting you with the truth and who are just as and more educated than you who can actually back it up i.e the people who stated “THE EBONY EXPERIMENT”
THE DRAIN ON THE ECONOMY
Well that drain would come from the European American women who are on welfare in this country today, since they have always led the stats of being on welfare since the system started in the 1930′s right after America’s first Great Depression. Because of your excuse making a not paying your debts of 777trillion dollars that you can’t afford to pay back.
Ya see Ole Girl, what your real problem is, is that you’re a CLOSET WHITE SUPREMACIST (CWS) who has always been a bigot, but thought that you were doing black folks a favor by not saying it. We’d rather that you’d say it and make it known than to hide it, because with what you’ve written here over the past few days that’s exactly what you sound like. So stop being a hypocrite, just be the racist that you are. Ya see the reason why my remarks hit you so abrutly, is because you are in no way involved in the politics, culture, heritage or history of African Americans. You go quoting MLK, but you only know one of his speeches. Then you act as if though African Americans don’t remember how MLK left the earth. Wasn’t he killed by the hands of a European American in Memphis,TN? Lorraine Hotel National Civil Rights Museum>>>Ring a Bell. I know of course not, cause you really don’t know what you’re talking about in regards to MLK or African Americans and what’s really important to us; not to you, but to us.
Ya see HEATHER Ole Girl, European Americans like you hold on to MLK, bceause he is the only link that you have to having any sense of peace with African Americans, and he is what you want African Americans to embrace because he preached non violence against European Americans eventhough, ya’ll eventually killed him>>that little neck shot ya’ll gave him, yeah that one. European America never loved MLK, you just didn’t want AA’s to embrace MALCOLM X or the Black Panthers. Ya see HEATHER, you still think you’re talking to your Niggers. You still think you’re talking to dumb ignorant, black folk who suffer from the Nigger Mentalities that your people endorsed and instilled for well over three and half centuries. PART TWO IS NEXT

HEATHER R HERE IS PART TWO
Ya see Ole Girl I could easily go back and forth with you about statistics and prove your statistics wrong, and racially biased and even the historic origin of the staitstics that you’ve qouted, but that’s just a waste of my time. Ya see Heather you didn’t shock me to your response of the Chicken Shacks, and the crack cocaine (that your people bring into the United States along with Chrystal Meth, but I’ll digress)calling us a lazy culture yattah, yattah etc…etc….It’s expected from you,because I grew up with European Americans. I grew up in your neighborhoods, went to your schools and colleges, studied aboard with you and at every turn there were European American men and women trying to either sabotage me and other African Americans or slander our names when they couldn’t.
Ya see for you to say such foolish things as ” He needs to see what it’s like to be on the other side of his nasty words.” QUESTION SWEET HEART: WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT AFRICAN AMERICAN HAVEN”T AND ARE STILL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY WORDS TODAY? The truth of the matter is HEATHER R, you like the average European American do not want to admit, that you have carried the torch of racism from your parents, uncles, and grandparents right into era of today. The scary thing about it, is that we are in the age of information and you still seem to think that African Americans are not savvy enough to figure out why your lazy ass holds the advantages that you have today.
You throw word AMERICAN around and community as if though they are are and have been synonymous for African Americans. Well here’s a Lil NEWSFLASH for you, African Americans were never considered Americans before September 11, 2001, before then we were considered Niggers. And now that you have a two wars, have been bombed and are virtually hated by every major nation on the face of the globe today, now we are all of the sudden, you guessed it Boys and Girls! “AMERICANS” Well Ole girl, let this be the intro for a long song that your about to keep hearing for a long time to come, there is no benefit or privledge to African Americans calling themselves Americans; especially on the world stage and if anything it’s a curse not a blessing. We used hold our toungues a silenced ourselves, because of the fear that we all seen of what happened to our own whne we spke up against European Americans financially, socially, judicailly, politically and yes we all know physically. So since African Americans are all Drug Dealers, and we’re uneducated with no college degrees(kind of like the couple doing THE EBONY EXPERIMENT>>>HARVARD GRAD>>>UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO) and ignorant>>>I just got an ipifanny,you don’t need our money, because you are the “SUPERIOR RACE” as you’ve always proclaimed to us. Truly Superior people don’t need anyone except themselves, but I know you knew that. You’re better than everyone, remember.
You so out of touch with the people that you’r trying to preach to that you make yourself sound foolish.
QUESTION: AND REALLY ANSWER THESE…
What makes you think that I couldn’t find a few million African Americans and some more Africans that wouldn’t agree with me? You don’t kno the AA community, but you want to try quoting DR. KING in a Speech that’s been broadcasted around the world for the past 46years, and can be pulled on any Google search. You really thought you were teaching me a lesson didn’t, with your self-righteous Closet White Supremacist self. So that little tyraid that threw at me only made you look like the bigot that you really are. I knew by the way you first responded, that you were going to eventually say something crazy like you did, and you can’t convince me or any other AA that it was only meant for me. What you said came from the depths of your Soul and it’s been boiling just beneth the surface for years, because you are of that generation Ms.1968.
1)So if you really want to stop racism in this country ask yourself a question:
How much of your money goes into the hands of non whites on a daily basis, especially to those who disrespect your people?
2)Are you committed to stopping White Supremacy here in the U.S or are you just committed to living off it?
Until you can answer those questions, don’t blog to me anymore you phony.

A RACIST IS A RACIST IS A RACIST! It is all relative really. Blacks, and sadly what AfricanAmericanOne had to call them the N word (shame on you), whites, and all of the other racist need to come together as one some way or other. We need each other! We should try to have peace between us all. Pointing fingers and calling anyone of any race names is wrong. We are all Americans, we are all humans, we are all people trying to live in a very rough and dangerous world! People, please, try to help one another! If not now, then when?? At the end of the world? There is more than enough blame on every end of the spectrum, so let’s all try PEACE for awhile, please!

My reply is as follows

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AMERICAN FIRST I agree with you on the aspect of peace,but don’t try to play the Shame Game with me, you know by reading my last response to HEATHER R how we’ve always been viewed by the bulk of European America. Shame on you for trying to twist the perspective of the reality that we have today.

Sorry AFRICANAMERICANONE, it’s time to let go of the past and look to the future! As usual it is one of our own to use the N word to refer to one of our own, that is what is so said about it, and YES!!! you should be ashamed for using it!! Colors have to be let go ALONG WITH THE PAST!!! Simmering hatred from anyone is not appropriate, move forward for Heaven’s sake!!!!!

Michel how are you? One thing that I would like to say is I will not knock anyone who loves the good aspects of my culture. I think it’s great that you love our music and can go back to the era of Disco. I think it’s brilliant that you have tried to understand the aspects of racism in dealing with potential African American clients. Whatever you’ve seen in your life may have opened your eyes to different way of looking at things. Hopefully with what you read, I can expand your spectrum of the African American understanding of the way many of us look at things today.
This is not to try to win yo over to my side or to try and make you feel sorry for African Americans, but it is more of a statement of outlook and disposition. Michel the question that needs to be asked but always seems to be avoided because the potential of its gory details being revealed is “What is the Fallout of 246years of U.S Chattel Slavery(1619-1865) and 108years of Jim Crow (1865-1973)on African American Culture in modern day times?
Until this and other issues are assessed and their can be visible healing, their will always be an ever increasing rift between African Americans and European Americans within the United States. The damage that has been rendered upon our families has been herendous and can be visibly seen today. By being an African American who has and lived in several major cities throughout the United States, I ‘ve noticed that the overall mood of African Americans as a whole has been one that has changed over the past 15years from wanting to integrate with European America, to one of realizing that integration with European America only truly benefits European America; especially socially and economically.
With that being said in 2008 32%of the entire African American population is either living at or below the poverty line. This stat pratically mirrors the African American poverty rate of 1973 of 34%, which was the end f the Civil rights movement. So just like the 22,000 CHinese who are currently depleting Angola, I think what needs to be said is that the nited States has depleted us. At this point, Michel it’s fair to say that African Americans today are far more educated than we were 40years ago, and we now see and understand the damage of what its done generationally, even if European America never acknowledges it. Whether European America ever acknowledges the fallout of Slavery and Jim Crow is irrelevant to the growth and the decisions of the African American community as a whole. But one thing we will not tolerate are Euopean Americans telling us how we should feel, think or act to regards our pain, suffering, anxieties, anger or frustations in modern day times.
What I hear many European Americans trying to claim today is that African Americans today don’t face any racism or discrimination, as if though they are blameless in todays times, which we can look at a myriad of monumntal racial incidents from the Hurricane Katrina, the rise of European American hate groups to 844, The Jena 6, platform execution of a handcuffed African American by a California police officer to the assissination attempt of Barack Obama one week before him being elected to President Elect in November of 2008.
Last point, you said that the main sources that “No one in my family works for a bank, a financial institution or the like. There are no lawers, doctors, elected officials, or policemen. You are prejudice by grouping all whites the way you are even though you are right in saying that blacks have not had their fare share.”
Even though I feel that your list of racist sources towards African Americans is a little short and lacks a full comprehensive measure of assessment that African Americans themselves should be the ones that identify this list for you, I will move on to my next point. Michel you calling me prejudice cause you say I’m grouping all whites together is untrue, because I’m specifically saying European Americans not whites as a whole. Second of all Michel,the reason why I may appear to come across to you that way is because most European Americans usually keep their mouths shut in regards the racism that they see oming form their own bosses, family, friends, associates and the random occurences that happen in public as if though they never see it.
If you don’t want African Americans to lump you together with racist whites then you need to clearly distinguish yourselves and speak up and speak out. This needs to be done because African Americans cannot tell the difference, because they do not know you. The days of European Americans staying silent while members of your culture commit racist acts towards African Americans is over. It’s just like the Biblical and Judicial principals, if a person does not speak up if they object to an agreement or have witnessed a crime, then in essence they are an accomplice to it.
The fact that European Americans are not responsible for the past is almost irrevelant, if they are not helping to clean the mess that many European Americans have messed up past and present. If there is no helping to clean up, but only living off of the damages that come from these two eras, then I’m sorry Michel but this makes a person every bit as guilty as the people who committed these acts themselves.

AFRICANAMERICANONE,

You also are responsible for cleaning up the past. You can do this by not judging ANY group of people. You see, you can try to wiggle out of implying all white people by using the term “European American” but your intent is clear. Even if I believed you could distinguish the two (in your mind) it would remain that the “European American” of today is not that of yesterday and your criticism doesn’t hit home.

Most Americans live life from day to day trying to provide for their families and are unaware of the plight of others unless it’s on the news. Should more people be speaking up for injustices, including racism? Absolutely. But how about you? Do you speak up when you see racism in your own community towards others who are not like you?

You asked: “What is the Fallout of 246years of U.S Chattel Slavery(1619-1865) and 108years of Jim Crow (1865-1973)on African American Culture in modern day times?”

You tell me. But also tell me how much of what happens in the African American Culture is not fallout but is personal responsibilty.

Finally, if you would read your own words that you write to others you would see how you accuse yourself.

“If you don’t want African Americans to lump you together with racist whites then you need to clearly distinguish yourselves and speak up and speak out. This needs to be done because African Americans cannot tell the difference, because they do not know you.”

You see. You accuse people of remaining silent while admitting that you don’t know this to be the case. However, if you did get to know them/us/we/whomever you may just find that you’ve found someone who would lay down their life to fight the very things (like racism) that you hate.

Wow AFRICANAMERICANONE is really out of control. It’s such a shame that he has chosen me to attack, when all I am doing was agreeing with MLK, I have held out my hand to my “black” AA (AFRICANAMERICANONE), and he spat at me. What a shame that AA’s have a cockroach like this guy, grouping himself together with all AA’s. He is a disgrace to AA’s! He attacked me because I am a strong woman, with a strong opinion, and my opinion is that we do not need to reinstate segregation through the Ebony Experiment, we should all as “Americans” work toward the greater good of the American culture!

For the record:
~ I am not a racist MY BEST FRIEND KAREN IS BLACK!!!
~ I am not European American, I am German, although Germany is in Europe, it’s a big difference because my people (Germans) were not even in this country when slavery exist.
~ I am a Paramedic, I save lives, I see no color. I am not holding any AA person down, I had nothing to do with slavery nor do I have anything to do with racist persons!
~ I came from a broken family, I was in over 10 foster homes, On my 18th BDay I was on my own. I almost killed myself getting to where I am today! No one gave me a scholarship, I put myself through college, I own 3 vehicles 2 boats, 2 homes and more books than I have time to read. So no one can say that I am uneducated. I have a BA in Law, I have an AS in Emergency medicine.
~And no one has the right to attack me for stating my opinion, and then having to defend myself.

~ AFRICANAMERICANONE: I didn’t even bother to read your Blah, Blah, Blah! it’s crap and you know it. You have barked up the wrong tree, you can not attack me the way you have done, and not expect me to get back in your face. You are a racist COWARD!
You are a DISGRACE to my AA Brothers and sister who have taken my hand and joined me in becoming, just AMERICANS! You are using the past for an excuse for your own failure, and you are the reason that AA’s are not farther along in their struggle! I really don’t even see your point?? You are saying racism in wrong for “white”, but it’s ok for you? You say that you are affected by over 300 yrs of racism and hate, How old are you? Were you there? You say the “N” freely, yet it is not part of my vocabulary. You say you want to be equal with “white”, yet when you are given the opportunity to take my “white” hand and to come together with me as family, you verbally attack me, and cowardly run the other direction? Why? And more importantly, what the hell do you want? You are so full of “hate”, you can not even see what you are saying is so contradictory to yourself and your AA culture. Everything that I have said that you claim is against AA’s is not, it in fact it is completely in reference to YOU, YOU RACIST!!!!

Wow!! what an excellent source to find businesses owned and operated by blacks only!!! Now, I know which businesses NOT to buy from (blacks only) and TO shun in the future (blacks only). More information please!!!

Good Ole Heather ….. You’re funny! You should have read very carefully what I wrote, bcause I think you got a few things twisted. YOU SAID: “You say you want to be equal with “white”, yet when you are given the opportunity to take my “white” hand and to come together with me as family, you verbally attack me, and cowardly run the other direction? Why?”
QUESTION BIGOT:
1)What you think that me taking your white hand would be a privledge for me?
2)What makes you think that I’m not already equal to you?
3)Has your best friend Karen read the comments that you wrote about African Americans?
4)Weren’t you the one who wanted to attack me?(MARCH 16,2009-12:07p.m)
5)What makes you think that you have anything that I want?

Heather…It doesn’t make a difference whether or not you never come an African American store or if we never meet eye to eye, because the truth of the matter is, in fact that you are a White Supremacist, and anybody reading your blogs on here would come to that conclusion.

At no time did I ever write that I wanted to be equal with you, because I know I already am; so why would I write it?. You’re not a standard of excellence that I measure myself by. At not time did I run from you, I matched your ignorance with precise and concise logic, and factual information that cannot be denied.
The truth of the matter is that you cannot stand it when an African American, stands toe to toe with you and doesn’t bite their toungue in your presence. The real coward is you. The stuff that you wrote on here, you would never say this to me or the average AA face to face, but everything I said, I would and have said face to face to European Americans who think like you.
The truth makes upset and we know this.
The fact that you’re a woaman with a strong point of view hardly offends me, if you knew anything about African American culture, and actually paying attention to anyone other than yourself, and stop expecting AA’s to want and to try to be like you, then you would have figured out that I come from a culture full of women who have very strong opinions and usually have NO PROBLEMS in backing those opinins up against anybody.
So if you were not a coward, than you would have answered the simple questions that I asked you in my last blog, that I knew you wouldn’t and probably can’t answer, because it’s simply just not in you.
If you want real dialouge, then you need to stop acting like I or any other African American needs to see and do things the European American way.

PEROUE I’m glad you wrote? But what makes you think that the African American community or cuture needs your money to survive and to thrive?
You may have forgot, but we’ve outlasted more depressions and recessions than any other nationality in the United States today. You can’t hurt us or do anything to us that we haven’t already seen 100x over or more, and if you think you can, then you should definetly pack your lunch.

To all that come to this site:::

AFRICANAMERICANONE
~ Yes, Karen has read and commented on here as well!
~ I never made any comments against AA, everything I said was directed toward YOU, and only YOU!
~ I do not think it is a privilege for you to “take my white hand”, LETS JUST COME TOGETHER AS AMERICANS!! Instead of REINSTATING SEGREGATION”
~ You are ignorant and I am not going to let you even phase me! You aren’t going to change the truth, which is that this experiment and you are just continuing the RACE WARS!
~ I never said you were not equal to me, I do not think that, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CLAIMS THAT!

You Are:
RACIST RACIST RACIST RACIST RACIST RACIST RACIST RACIST!!!!!
And fortunately, you will realize it in the end, how much you are hurting yourself and other AA who are not like you!!
There are so many decent AA out there and I am not going to let one A$$HOLE make me change my mind about MY AA Brothers and Sisters!

~ I am done with you! I am not going to waste my time any longer, I feel like I am talking to a TURD!

AFRICANAMERICANONE:

I guess you just lost, because you have failed to FORCE me to see through your racist eyes!

I WIN!

Richard Froggart- I can see some of your points, and clearly do agree that African Americans must help clean up the mess that’s been made of us, and I truly believe that African American Economic Empowerment is one of the ways to do it. No one can or will do it for us, so we will have to do it oursleves. What I find is that the people on here critiziing The Ebony Experiment never wanting to admit, is that every major nationality in the United States today buys from their own first to build their own wealth. But it is always a problem when African Americans buy from their own and do business amongst themselves which goes back to what I eluded to in my first blog called “THE BIGGEST FEAR”
What people refuse to understand is that African American (AA) is a culture unto oursleves. We are the descendents of the Warriors and Farmers who were captured and forced into Slavery here in the U.S. We do not represent all black people, and just because we say we will buy from ourselves first, doesn’t mean that we hate you or anyone else for that matter. But it does mean that we will not allow anyone at this day and age to steal, rape or to lay claims to what is rightfully ours so that they can claim it as their own.
If European Americans are afriad of reciporcal treatment being done back to them for in which they’ve done and continue to do to African Americans and others, which seems to be their obvious fear. Then they shouldn’t wait in getting deeply involved in moving strongly and staunchly against White Supremacy in this country before this window of opportunity closes for them.
Lip service and smiles in the faces of African Americans are just shallow gestures, that can easily be seen through as phony and insincere. When all to often we see the average European American completley keep quiet when they witness acts of racism in the classroom, boardroom,courtroom,laundry mat, grocery store,dry cleaners, banks and play grounds,but then expect African Americans to swallow their feelings of disgust and discomfort in what they’ve witnessed and defend and speak against racist acts that are now recently being commited against European Americans. Mr. Froggart, European Americans need to quickly comprehend this before it gets completely out of control and well past a blogging discussion “You can’t have your cake and eat it too”.
Until African Americans actively start seeing European Americans as whole denounce White Supremacy and not just the KKK, but even from their friends and family, this little escapade between our people is bound to go on for ages. European Americans started this problem, and it will be up to them to figure out a way to peacefully end it.
I do not hate white people, and niether does the average African American, but we have learned to distinguish the difference between a European American and somebody from Europe, through attitudes, interactions and their behaviors with us.
So hopefully our people will work on a serious resolution to these problems, for they all have seroius ramifications for everyone if we don’t.

HEATHER R………..I’m glad that you realized that we have nothing further to talk about. I wish you the very best, you will go your way and I will go mine. Please keep in mind that there is nothing that you wrote that has in anyway deterred me or the millions of other African Americans from continuing to help ourselves without your support.

But just like I thought,
you couldn’t answer my questions.

AMERICAN FIRST>>>> I’m glad you wrote. There is no sweeping the damage of the African American community underneath the rug. The mentality that you have in regards to not dealing with the obvious issues that plague us, is one of the main reasons why our people are still dysfunctional today. we are dysfunctional because we have refused to deal with what the United States has tried to turn into, which is their Niggers.
So I will use the word Nigger and Nigger Mentality when they apply to the subject or situation. I will not be like you and simply think that I or our people can can move forward by just ignoring the problems that obviously still exist today. Until we become a people that is prepared to deal with the fallout of these two eras, we will never move forward, and it’s completely asanine for you to think that we will.

AfricanAmericanOne, you have made this your very own pulpit to spit poison, and I am spitting it right back in your, how is it you keep saying on this blog? “Nigger” self! You said it, not me!! Yes, you all have been around for hundreds of years just like cockroaches!! and will not shut your big mouths with your hollering, strutting, rolling yo eyes, and on and on ad nauseum!! Act like humans for a change!!!

Okay AA#1, you wanted the problems you see today are problems caused today! Stop, think about what you say before you say it! Stop being so radical!!

But really, if I could get a hot deal on some pure shea butter, I’m all for it.

Peroque:
I feel ya! He(AA1) is a racist against not only “white”, or as he like to say for some reason, “European Americans”, But he is a racist against AA’s as well, he is full of so much hate, I would hate to see you waste your time, just for this narrow minded bigot, to ridicule you! it’s not worth it.
I am a German American born here, but my Grandparents came as refugees from Germany in the 1940, yet he still blames me for slavery and oppression to black people, because my skin is “white”. He has said it over and over that he is a “Nigger” and he also has proven that he is and wants to continue to be such!
Trust me I know Many, AA people, and none of them think like this bigot!
I commend you for sticking up for yourself, and for what it right! But apparently this guy (AA1) is almost 400 years old, he said he was directly impacted by Slavery and Oppression, so I think in his old age he is getting a little psychotic too! (He is full of excuses)

HEATHER R…..I thought you were done on here, so why are you back talking about Muah! I’m flattered No really I am. Since you came back, then I guess I’ll serve you some more dishes of truth, so you can really get mad. Ya see my dear the reason why I call a White Supremacist is because you fit the bill of being one. One of the characteristics of a White Supremacist is that they tist the truth of a person of colors words like you did when you said I called myself a “Nigger” As other people read our dipute they might wonder “Where did AFRICANAMERICANONE call himself a Nigger?”.
I’m starting to wonder if your supoosed Best friend Karen has been on here and if she is where is her blog so that we all can read it for ourselves? Just because your parents were refugees from Germany doesn’t mean that Germans didn’t help to enslave African Americans and didn’t actively particpate in discrimination and lynchings during Jim Crow. If you knew so many AA’s then you would have known that. I know have to try and gather support for your campaign byreaching out to people who think like you=PEROQUE, but if your friend Karen has already blogged on here, why not reach out and align yourself with her? Or is she just your imaginary Black friend so that you don’t look like a racist.
You said that you voted for Obama as if though that clears you from the racist page, well here’s a littl study that Stanford University just did on whites trying to claim
that they voted for Obama>>>
HERE IT GOES:Unfortunately this is not surprising based upon the fact that many white people voted for Obama because it was in their best interests to do so, not because of any racial enlightenment or “Revelation of Clarity” on their part. The bottom line is any thinking white person realized that vote for McCain would not further their own self interests, in fact it would damage it, and reduce any chance of their recovery. Also we need to take into account that white people who are not struck totally stupid by their own personal racist notions, fall back to their old liberal standbys, “when the Mess is so bad you have to call in the Janitor.” Guess who is the Janitor call in for Mop-Up duty of the Bush Mess ? Now this is not to Denigrate Barack, but this a simple fact since we are still operating in a Pre- election Obama racist Paradigm.

The decision to elect him was based upon desperate need, personal convienience, and a sense that President Obama was “safe”. Harvard University

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From: akeitt@rmc.edu
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:18:02 -0400
Subject: Obama and Racism
To:

Hi All,

I don’t find this surprising. A. Keitt

Stanford University Study Finds That Whites Who Voted for Obama Use Their Political Stance to Defend Acts or Statements That Hint of Racism

A study by researchers at Stanford University found that many whites who supported the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama now use their vote to build “moral credentials” when they are accused of making statements or taking actions that could be perceived as racist or bigoted.

In the past, when a person was challenged for making a bigoted statement, the typical defensive response was, “Some of my best friends are black.” Now statements or actions with a hint of racism or prejudice are being justified by people who say, “I’m not a bigot, I voted for Barack Obama.”

In the Stanford study, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, whites who supported Obama for president were asked if they would hire a white or black officer to a police department that has had a long history of racial tensions between officers. Prior to being presented with the hiring decision, one group of test subjects was led in a discussion about their choice in the recent presidential election. In the other group, there was no prior discussion on politics.

The results showed that the group that was able to build their moral credentials by demonstrating their political support for Obama were more likely to prefer hiring the white police officer. Participants in the second group who had not been able to express their support for Obama tended to play it safe and say that both the white and black candidate were equally suited for the position.

A second test asked participants to allocate money to two community groups. Subjects were told that in the past the predominantly black community group had received more funds than the predominantly white group. In this instance, the group that was permitted to express support for Obama before making the decision was more apt to give greater amounts of money to the white-controlled community group. Those who were not able to present their moral credentials were apt to allocate the money equally between the two groups.

Now you may not be eduacated enough to figure out whaht this means so let me spell it out for you We ain’t Ya Niggers Bitch! We’re just on to white like you and your tactics. You didn’t vote for Obama cause you really loved him, you voted for him because your racist as is desperate to keep making some money so that your dumb won’t fucking starve.
You’re not my sister, you’re my enemy acting like you want to be friends. You like many other racist European Americans, long to keep African Americans weak and dependent upon you and we know it, just like the days of Slavery and Jim Crow. You’re a scumbag trying to act like your a respectful human being. So let’s ask some more questions that you’re too much of a coward to answer
“What did you WIN HEATHER? The way I see I was never trying to get you to see my point of view, you were trying to ridicule me through insults to try to back me down from mine. And in the end……………I didn’t back down. So in all reality Heather>>>>>>>>> I WIN. I didn’t care then, as I don’t care now, if you ever buy anything from the African a American community, because the overwhelming majority of bigots like you never have, so we really don’t need you to survive. “THE EBONY EXPERIMENT” is for African Americans to build their own wealth, not to seek fools like you to come to their stores to make purchases from them. So again Heather you ended this whole deabte the same way you started it…………………….LOST.

TAKE CARE HEATHER

Dude! I mean Mr. AfricanAmericaOne. You really think you got this whole thing figured out. Either that or you live in a bubble. If you can’t tell the difference between a white supremacist and a regular white than my friend you have a problem. In fact, you have a supremacist complex. Anyone who does not bow down to you is a white supremacist. All i can say is screw you. You’ve been yappin your mouth against everyone( James, Heather, Tope, etc). Why don’t you just admit the truth. Either you have been unsuccessful in life or just plain lazy. Do you have white friends? Do you live in an all black neighborhood? I bet all this shit you’ve been spitting out has been fed to you by Farrakan and the like. I bet i can teach you just as much about history as you think you can teach me. You are spinning your wheels in the same spot and just getting angrier and angrier. Useless!

None of us whities have disagreed with what happened in the last 400 yrs. None of us whities were alive than. We all know what happened and how bad it was. All us whities were shocked at what happened in Katrina. Many of us would love to see dumbass Bush in prison for that.

All of us whities are living day by day, stuggling to make ends meet just like you! 2 weeks ago we had a demonstration against police brutality in my city. We spoke of 2 incidents in particular. One involving a black guy and the second a latino guy. Of the 800 protesters and didn’t see one black person and only a handful of latinos. 179 people(whities) were arrested and 30 were hurt. What the fu$k else we suppose to do? You probably want us whities to become your bitches or slaves for that matter? You want us to hand over all our money and belongings? Well what? You know that ain’t gona happen. So what realistically will satisfy your need for revenge? Think hard. Be creative but come up with something better than Buy-Black ONLY! Thats bull$hit….

AA1 who sold the first slaves to anyone??? Can you answer that one question truthfully???? I doubt it, because your kind will never admit the truth about their own kind!! You don’t really give a damn about each other and will sell each other or sell each other out, sell your own mother, sister, brother, wife, and child to get what YOU want!! There is no family capability in your kind!! Look what your kind of have done Africa alone, whereever you go, you destroy it and turn it into a ghetto!!! GET IT!!

michel: Thank You! You are a voice of reason on here. I am not going to reply or comment back to Africanamerican1, for the exact reason you just mentioned, he lives in a big black bubble, that he can not see out of! I appreciate your comment!

Back to the Blog: This Ebony Experiment is a goofy idea! “buy black only”! The funny thing is, is that, Who is going to go to a store and ask “is the owner of this place black?” Ha! What a racist thing to do! I would never walk into a business and ask if the owner is “white”, who cares, as long as I buy American, it doesn’t matter, I am all about stimulating the American economy, and I for one am not going to be pulled into a race war, we are not in the 1800′s!

BTW, for those who care, I voted for Obama, not because he is black, but because of his political views on Education, Local Government(police)and Stem Cells research. I saw/see no Color!

Hey Heather, after all this crap with AA1 i almost forgot why i was even here.

I remember seeing the report of the Ebony Experiment on CNN. At first i wasn’t surprised to hear about this. Shit like this will happens, but what got to me was Don Lemon(i think thats his name?) and the way he seemed to agree with the whole experiment thing-a-ma-giggy. He did not once bring up how this would be perceived in the non-black communities. I was expecting him to be more neutral, sorta what a journalist is suppose to be. After the report i decided to go online and see if i was the only one who felt the way i did. Surprisingly this website was the first one i found. Strangely, i felt like i wasn’t really allowed to be on a “African American only website. But i stayed and started reading the posts and got offended with AA1 questioned why whites were even on “their” site discussing “their” (black) issues.

You see i’ve always gone out of my way to respond or confront people(whites) with racial prejudices. I realize that Black people have had it hard and face continuing discrimination but in my case i don’t sit around and twiddle my thumbs.

This is not the first time i’ve confronted a prejudice black person. I started dating black girls back in high school and lets just say i expected to have problems with white people but surprisingly the anger came from the brothas. Back than the only Black people who approved of me were generally the Blacks that AA1 would call ‘house Niggers’. It was very bizarre, but never did it stop me from being me.

Anyhow, Heather i think deep inside you are a good person. Maybe some of the words or ways of expressing yourself were not the best way. Even AA1 sounds like he might be an intelligent and articulate guy but unfortunately he is prisoner of his anger… he really enjoys that place.

I saw the story on CNN too, and looked it up! It’s funny how most of the people on here responding to this issue, are whites, Didn’t anyone AA (other than AA1) watch CNN? Where are they, and why haven’t we heard from them? It makes you wonder if they too, just like my (AA)friend Karen, think this whole idea is ridiculous.

I agree, I was very rude and I did come off very offensive, I my defense, I was backed into a corner by AA1 and felt that if I responded like the racist that he was trying portray me as, that he would back off and realize what it feels like to be on the other side of his nasty words. Wrong? Yes, it was very wrong! I strive to be a good person, I don’t know of anyone who I would not lay down my live for if it came to that. I came from a very rough childhood, and I know what it’s like to go school shopping at the Goodwill, and to have no birthdays, so I go out of my way to help, whether it be black, white, Asian or little green alien, I don’t care about color, race, sex or religion, I never have! I took a lot of crap from AA1 before I snapped like I did, but really, everyone has a breaking point.

This whole dialogue has degenerated to the sickening and hateful.

Racism = making decisions (either pro or con, black or white) based upon race.

The USA is probably the least racist society in the history of the world. Note that I did not claim that we are NOT racist — that would be laughable. A key part of our being “the least racist” is that we are conscious of racism and condemn it when we see it — not always and not perectly, but we mostly try.

The problem of this experiment is that it is exactly what the white neo-Nazis / white-separatists up in Idaho want to accomplish. This is not what America is supposed to be all-about.

“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

P.S. I would not be too surprised if some of the commenters on this post are actually the opposite of what they claim to be, and that they are purposefully “stirring the pot” to discredit this site and exacerbate race-based hatred. We all must resist this.

Wow Peroque, I was almost impressed with what you wrote…..almost. Ya see Peroque the way I see it is that the real COCROACH to not only the African Americans but to the reso fo the world is you. Ya see Peroque, what I see when I speak to people from all over the world is a resounding feeling tat European Americans are the drain on the worlds economy, because people are starting to blame you, and rightfully so for this Gobal Recession that we’re now in. Ya Peroque this Globl Recession idiot started with European AMerica voting George Bush in not once, but twice. You wanted him remember. Now after eight years of Bush and Cheney, they have depleted everyone and sent people into economic tail spins all over the globe. So much to point that, many nations this week are deciding whether or not they will be dumping the dollar as the worlds most popular currency.
So tell me Cockroach, how does it feel to know that the world despises you. You really thought this was just how African Americans felt about bigots like you huh? Well maybe you should read a few more papers from outside of the U.S and the U.K and, thensit down and take a deep breath for moment. Evryone knows that the money that’s in your tight little pockets is because of us. You are a Parasite Culture and we’ve been forced to be your host. You talk about AA’s will kill their own, well guess who we learned from……..YOU. You wanted us to be your Niggers remember? I’m not going to let all the goodies out today, but I’ll be back. I have a plane to catch. I’m not finished with you.

Yeah, right!! You always have someone else to blame for your ills!! Its always someone else’s fault. Po o you never did nuttin!! Exactly right! You all never do nothing!! Sit on your big black asses until time to go cash the welfare check or have another baby. By the way AA1 which project do you live in?? Maybe you can sell some of your people like your ancestors did and make some money? No? Then maybe you can go sell them some drugs, just like the THUGS do now! Go listen to Farrakin, Sharpton, the Jacksons (Michael or otherwise), I really don’t give a damn what you do. I am just sick and tired of you leeches on the world sucking in everything for free. Get out and work for what you want, there are no more free rides!! Like you’ve always had and always want! FOFF AA1 I’m sick or your BS!!!! As far as the Ebony Experiment, I hope it fails to HELL!! You stupid racist bastard!!

So, you enjoyed me calling you a cockroach are trying to reverse it. NOT!! As for Bush and Cheney there is no way in hell I voted them in office, the blacks did that. As for the economy, ya’ll are draining that dry with your welfare, etc., etc.,All you all want to do is scream and hollar about everything, place the race cardl, and then it is the “poor little negro, don’t be mean to me.” Well, those days are LONG LONG gone. They are now THUGS not little negros~~~

It would be nice if everyone took this conversation over to Yetti’s MySpace page. http://myspace.com/africanamericanone or start a free message board somewhere. Or just ignore one another, because NOTHING is being accomplished.

Richard Froggatt:
I completely agree, nothing is getting solved here, it just seems like every time someone gives their opinion and AA1 disagrees with it, that person gets attacked, and is forced to go on the defense.
I think that guy is the problem here, because we are just trying to give an opinion!

Hi Heather, I understand and was thinking specifically of conversations with Yetti. I for one am not going to interact with him again unless there’s a mutual agreement of civility, respect for one another and honesty. I’m dismissing the blanketing of whole peoples, by anyone, as not worth the effort.

People can say anything they want, even if it hurts, this is America. But some people you just can’t reason with, so you hope to persuade those who are listening that there’s a better way than hate. Most people want the truth, and there is no truth without love.

Richard Froggatt:
I got chills reading your last post! I agree, we are never going to change anything, until we all give up the HATE and prejudices. I have no use for racism and hate in my life, and that goes for AA1 specifically, I am not going to change his racist hateful views, I too will no longer communicate with him either. My whole point for being here was to say, lest just be Americans and work together, not segregate! I am still just so hurt by the fact that There is no reasoning with some people, I just don’t see how some people can hold such hate inside them, at some point it has to come out, and I am scared of what the results could be. For example, the shooting in NY today, My God! How full of hate, this man must have been, and it just boiled over! I just can not imagine how that must feel to get to that point, and like I said, with hate, it is inevitable that hate will come out in some form. (The NY shooting was a rare and severe case, but it is the example that’s fresh in my mind)

Greetings everyone. I see we have still missed the lessons that have been given for the past several hundred years. But I have discovered something new recently. It came in the book by Sydney Poitier, “Measure of A Man” which I recently read. In it he was having a discussion with a friend about the futility of expecting people to change once they became better educated, enlightened, or refined depending on your terminology. I am not trying to quote Sydney but the reason for their discussion was whether or not to tell their children how this thing really works and spoil their hopes and reams of a better world, or let them find out on their own and hope the shock wouldn’t be too much for them to handle.

I too believed Maya Angelou when she said when you know better you do better (at least that’s according to Oprah). But now I am beginning to let go of that fantasy after living on this earth for the better part of a century. I have met people who know better and do terrible things because they can. I have met people who do miraculous things in miraculous ways and they don’t know how they do it, they just do it. I have seen children turn from angels to monsters overnight. I have seen loving wives turn to murderous fiends over a man that’s not worth the the time it took to make him. Long story short. There is no rhyme or reason to the choices some people make and all the reason in the world for the choices other people make. We are put here to figure out who we want to be and what we have to do to become that. The sad part is by the time we figure that out it is too late to undue some of the poor choices we have already made. That’s where this whole thing breaks down. The guidance we need while we learn how to make good choices has been lost. The culture of the indigenous people who had this thing figured out long ago has been destroyed, deflected, disfigured, and buried by the “conquerors” who invaded every land they could get to in the name of one God or another. We have done this to ourselves and it is coming back to bite us in the but. Whole civilizations have perished due to the human thirst for conquest. Men over women, Men over animals, Men over nature, Men over fish and fowl, Men over Men, and the destruction of the Earth that allows us to live here is the result. Is it too late to save ourselves? You tell me. If what I am reading here is any indication of how much we have learned………….

Richard Froggart……who is Yetti? And I’m actually glad that you are not conversating with me…because I had no real desire to conversate with you in the first place. Weren’t you the one who contacted me first? ANSWER: Yes you were-MARCH 25,2009 What I realized is this, whenever African Americans tell many European Americans the blunt honest truth, just like your people have always and still tell us….ya’ll can’t take it. It’s completely ASANINE(BACKWARDS)to think that African Americans wouldn’t have any animosity of your people or to look at you with complete goodness with the track record that you have with us. I hate to break this down to you Richard, but your people have waged war against us, in every sense of the word. If what I’ve said strikes a bad cord with you, then what you, Heather and Michel are really saying is what African Americans have always thought, is that you really don’t know us. What I’ve said is what millions of African Americans have said before. If Michel or Heather want to use their illogical and ignorant reasoning, of saying that I’m lazy because I said what you’re not accustomed to hearing which is the truth, then so be it. Believe what you want,either way, the truth about European Americans still stands. If this makes you guys sleep better at night, then make yourselves confortable; prop up some pillows and sleep away. If you think that I’m lumping you in with all European Americans well, join the party, because whether I like it or not, I’m lumped in with all African Americans in your world, especially the bad ones. So who cares?
It doesn’t make it hate when African Americans tell the truth about you. It just makes it the truth. The real hard facts are is that your people thought that you could always intimidate us or thought that we would remain so dumbed down tha we would never be able to say it to you face to face about the generational damage that your people have caused. And until african Americans see I real change from European America Richard, I hate to say this but what has gone around homeboy, is going to come around, just like your people kick to us on a regular basis. So ya’ll can keep fooling yourselves if you want to about being the good generation of whites, who are not racist and are more open minded, while you see whites who are under 40 pulling the same racist B.S just like their ancestors have before them, right in front of you for all the world to see.
Now I have to get going Big Guy>>>I’ll be checking to see what you’ve written. If it’s something of merit that actually has true relevance, other than just typical European American denial, illogical anger, lying about who attacked who first and slander then I might respond. But until then, there is really no need to respond,cause all of this is what I’ve clearly heard before. Now I have to get going, because I have another plane to catch. You know us lazy, racist black people got nothing else to do with our time.

AfricanAmericanOne,

Since you are dead-set on lumping me with all whites from the past 400 yrs, i will provide you with names you have forgotten.

You know that plane you have mentioned twice now? (the Wright brothers). How bout that car you drove to the airport? (Ford perhaps?). Or that phone you like using to chat with your “Homies” about those racists European Americanos! (Alexander Graham Bell). You use a typewriter? Or do now use a computer? Ever heard of a laser? (Albert Einstein). Last i heard lasers were being used in all sorts of medical operations.

Oh my! I almost forgot about that electrical-thing-a-ma-jiggy.(Benjamin Franklyn). I think electricity led to that other thing-a-ma-bob the light bulb (Thomas Edison). Much better than using candles. Trust me.

You see AA1, all cultures, all societies, all races have good and they have bad. I am in no way responsible for the invention of electricity, or the internet, nor even that plane you are taking. And most of all, i am in no way connected to past atrocities against humanity.

You believe what you want, but trust me the world that we live in hardly looks at European Americans as “blamsless” as you want to describe yourselves. That’s kind of cute that you would think that. Your last corresponence to me you said: “that I need to come with some other sort of plan You want us to hand over all our money and belongings? Well what? You know that ain’t gona happen. So what realistically will satisfy your need for revenge? Think hard. Be creative but come up with something better than Buy-Black ONLY! Thats bull$hit….”
Now Michel…….this was clearly a brain fart on your part, cause when me and all my “Homies”, read dis we were in tears of laughter! I mean we all thought that you should take your show on the road..we’ll call it “Michel Put’s His Foot Down” We were laughing Michel cause you still don’t get it. Despite you calling me lazy and unsuccessful, you never read that I wanted really anything form you, because I don’t believe that you’re able to make anything right between anymore.
Now pay close attention, to what I’ve really been saying. What The Ebony Experiment is really saying the entire time is that we will take care of ourselves, and recover our people form the damge that your people have caised us without you. If you had pieced this together Michel you would have figured out that, I really don’t want anything from you, Heather, Richard, Tope or Peroque. What most African Americans want, is to just be left alone, without the interference of European Americans in their affairs. So the truth of the matter is Michel, is that I don’t have to come up with some other plan so that you can approve it. I don’t need to get revenge against you because I don’t personally know you.
But Michel, you probably should be trying to figure out ways that African Americans would want to continue buying from you and others. Ways that don’t include trying to humiliate, embarass, lecture, and disrespect us when we come in your stores. Ways in which European Americans can give us bad service, and then think that we should pay for it. So is this all European Americans? Of course not. But it is a European American problem that’s clearly gotten out of control.

African AmericanOne,

All i’m asking is that you stop for a moment and realize that lumping all whites together is wrong. When i hear a white person lump all Black people together i get angry at them. And yes sometimes they laugh at me just like you and your Homies did. But see, i don’t give a crap about people laughing at me. I care about how people treat others.

I did ask you to be more creative and by that i mean come up with something that might be more positive. You clearly do not see a future where Blacks and Whites can get along. In my world they do.

Now in case i haven’t been clear, i do not have a store. And i especially do not i have a store in which i can “humiliate and embarass, lecture or disrespect African Americans”. I actually do not know of many whites who do these disrespectful acts you speak of. Seriously! But what i do know is that I am presently working my ass off renovating a basement for 2 elder Black women. You may say who cares and and have a good laugh but i am enjoying their company. I am giving them something that they truly seem to appreciate. And you know what? i’m doing this at minimum wage(not because they are Black and poor!) but because i feel like this is part of being a solution and not a ‘divider’ like the “Ebony Experiment.

A more positive idea (than this Ebony Experiment) would have been to help Black businesses market themselves to the greater public. The Ebony thing-a-ma-bob really sets limits. Why wouldn’t Black companies want to sell to everyone and therefore grow quicker and bigger???

Now try for once not to talk down to me and talk to me as a man and not some angry dude. We could be friends. Seriously. One of my best friends is just like you”. His mother was a Black Panther and many in his entourage were mixed in with all the Black power stuff of the 70′s and 80′s. We have our differences but manage to talk things out.

So give it a try and turn this conversation towards a more positive vibe. Of course we won’t solve everything and maybe nothing at all but at least give it a shot.

Being blonde and polish, I am a bit slow on the politically correct names. It took me a few posts to figure out what the heck a European American was, because I thought it meant families like mine that migrated here just recently.

I guess I am also dumb enough to believe that the Anderson’s are just marketing savvy and using the times and Obama’s presidency as an opening for a dialogue to help inner city decay where larger big box corporations and franchises are killing the smaller business owner.

Most economically challenged communities tend to be knitted together by ethnicity and so it only seems natural to me that the Anderson’s are going to choose a community that is close to their heart.

My only question to the Anderson’s is why do it only for a year?

Blindedbyblonde- I think that your comments are very accurate and hit the mark. My question is why are the Andersons only doing this for a year as well?

Michel, what are we conversating over at this point? The fact that you don’t want me to lump all whites together? O.K. DONE. I wasn’t in the first place, but you believe I was. I think Michel you’re really just scimming past my comments, and maybe you’re really not assessing your own people. Maybe you’re not the store owner who pulls racist crap over on African Americans, but you are still a member of that culture ho is a benefactor. You ask me not to talk down to you, but every time you write what your saying indicates that you expect African Americans to reamin and stay weak socially and economically for European American gain. You think that you’re talking to a child or a person who is not as intellectually savvy as you? Since the overwhelming number of businesses in the U.S are owned by European Americans 91% and since the average European American(not yourself) actively decides NOT to buy form anyone other than European American stores and vendors. Why is THE EBONY EXPERIMENT such a bad thing? The truth is Michel, is that the average European Americans is actively practicing mild forms of White Supremacy everyday. Why don’t you EVER talk about how your own people right now as we blog, are currently practicing economic discrimination against African Americans businesses and always have? But you want African Americans to think of a better plan to appease and please you so that you and your white buddies can sleep comfortably tonight. You must bumped your head. You fool yourself into believing that you’re not a racist, but in all reality you really are, because you expect to have African Americans in some way try to be fair to you, when unfair treatment is being done to them on a regular basis. Then your so fa gone as to think that I, the Andersons, and every African American who agrees with African Americans helping African Americans is in some way Black Pantherish? What is BindebyBlonde a Black Panther too? What a fucking Dumb Ass! What you see is the color of our skin only, and not that African Americans are a culture.
Again do you have any plans or solutions that would help African Americans recover in modern day times from the damage rendered? You’re not fooling anybody,you are just worried that we will do to you the same that you have done to us. No ones going to make you comfortable at night anymore, we will help ursleves without you.

So i’m a dumbass? Way to go. I guess it doesn’t matter what i say cause you just won’t read it. You just like lumping don’t you?

The most important point i said in my last post is as follows(since you obviously weren’t able to read it through those thick racist eyes of yours). Why wouldn’t the Black businesses try and market themselves to everyone(you know: Whites, Asians, and the like)? You tell me? I don’t believe that you are that stupid, to think that Black businesses should only focus on selling to themselves.

As for me, my sleep is not affected by things i have not done. My everyday is surrounded by people of all cultures including where i live. I don’t have an inferiority complex so living next to Vietnamese, Afghans, West Indians, East Indians and a couple of European Americans is a bonus for me. I am almost positive that you live in an all Black neighborhood and probably have never had a White friend. I would actually bet my left kidney on it!!!

You are not a rich person. By that i do not mean money. I mean culturally. You see Dude, i’ve travelled. I’ve never been to Europe. Rarely been to places that speak my language. Have enjoyed all the people i have come across. The music, the food and yes the women! I won’t change for you buddy! You can stay on your side of the fence and be miserable!

If ever you decide to open your heart and let go of that anger you can come by me. I will not look down on you, i will treat you as a friend and maybe even family. Until then good luck!

To AfricanAmericanOne:
First, I think the use of the term ‘European American’ in comparison to ‘African American’ has a critical flaw. Most Euro-Americans can trace there lineage to specific European nations (England, France, Germany, Spain…)and some can trace back 1000 years. Afro-Americans in contrast, cannot, for the vast majority of cases. DNA testing exists to link one’s blood to the blood of living persons in various countries, but it can only go back 500 years. I don’t know which nation on the African continent my ancestors came from. Could be Mali, could be Kongo. Also, the term ‘African American’ is used predominately because ‘Negro’ and ‘Colored’ (I like colored!) became politically incorrect during the mid-20th century.
Second, unless black folks have our own money based on our own assets, in the long term this and similar ambitions won’t muster much progress in significant wealth creation and sustainment. Thinking we can gain wealth based on a central banking system (Federal Reserve) that we have little to no control over means that we are at the whim of central planning dictates that most Americans in general cannot fathom, let alone decipher.
Third and last, there are quite a few types of African American cultures. We are NOT monolithic in culture-just as all white people don’t think alike, perhaps because we all have our persistent ancestral national identities that I explained above. There was the Great Migration after the Civil War. You got the West coast, you got the East coast…straight hood niggas and humble farming communities. Cosmopolitan Chicagoans and folks from Gullah Island, South Carolina, and on and on.

Alright so let’s be your left kidney. Actually Big Boy I grew up and went to school in all white neighborhoods, so I know how your people do business historically and experience wise..how else do you think I can talk about it with such accuracy? I also went to college at a predominantly white institution…so what else do you think you know? Please tell me more of the descriprtion of my profile, since you think you know me so well. I can bet you your kidneys homeboy that if I were sitting right in front of you today, that you would never know that it was me who was writing these blogs to you. I don’t think you’ve ever met any African American remotely like me, especially from the way and manner in which you blog.
What makes you that AA businesses today don’t sell and do business to the open market today? The difference is that many African Americans hide the fact that they are in fact an African american owned, because of the racism here within the U.S. today. many african Americans have a legitimate fear that many European Americans and those who think like European Americans will actively discriminate against their business, because it happens on a regular basis. You wouldn’t know that because you’re not African American.
So lets talk about the Chinese and their Chinatowns in every major city around the country. Is anything wrong with that? No of course not, but something is wrong if there are Little Africa’s in every major city right? Of course because to a European American male, any time an African American is independent from you, especially economically it is an immediate threat.
So Michel I’m a little baffled, why can’t you answer my questions that I asked you in my last blog to you? Why can’t you atleast answer one of those questions?
Maybe you can answer me this one? Why do you think that at this point in my life that it would be an honor to come by you?
What makes you think that I haven’t had supposed friends like you and then decided to let them go? Maybe it was the shallowness of their thought and comments? Maybe it was their ignorant assumptions? Maybe it was the arrogance of them believing that me being friends with them, was in some way a benefit and privlidge for me? Maybe it was the lack of concern about who African Americans really are and not what they thought we should be?
Maybe Michel, I have a lot of friends who are of different nationalities, just not European Americans? This is kind of a mystery huh? So just because I don’t have European Americans in my world, doesn’t mean that my life isn’t culturally rich, it just means that you’re not in it. So you may want to think twice about betting your kidney…cause you might just end up with only one. So by you walking away from this blog is cool, because my original intent had nothing to do with trying to get you to stay. If you really wanted real dialougue, then you would have answered my last questons to you in my previous blog, but I already knew that wasn’t gone happen. So Homeboy, I’ll end this as like I always do ……I got a plane to catch
Take Care Michel

S.Cains you’re vey articulate, but I disagree with you. History shows that hen African Americans were under segregationour money stayed ithin our communities and we were building ourselves up socially and economically. If we had continued to buy from one another we would be much like the Jews or the Chinese today. There is an extreme benefit to a culture buying from themselves and selling to others, it always has been and it always will be. We don’t need a central banking system to sustain wealth, we just need to continue to buy and sell with eachother like every other nationality does. By a culture having their own economy, simply allows them to buffer themselves from the ills of the greater society and economy as a whole i.e racism, discrimination, unemployment etc…etc…. It also allows them in time to attain assets i.e property and money.
The term African American did not come about in the mid 20th century due to the era of political correctness. The Era of PC came in, in the late 1980′s after the Reagan administration. The name African American came into existence form Maalcolm X in early 1964. Regardless of lineage, all research shows that we are the descendants of the West African Warriors and farmers who were captured and forced into U.S Chattel Slavery, to build the United States. Yes there are various different types of AA’s today, but we are all still African American at the end of the day. Whether my grandfather is a Gullah man from the Carolina’s or my mother being from the Midwest. Just like a northern Italian is different from a Southern one….at the end of the day their still both Italian.

Hey Mr. AfricanAmericanOne, I’m sorry i mislead you. I am still here. Ever since you made your racist comment about whites being here on this blog (without your permission) i decided to stay as long as i want.

I did go back to see what question i did not answer. But unfortunately, i cannot answer on behalf of those whites who do not do business with Blacks. I am not one of them. I do not attend their meetings where they all decide what they will or will not do to the Black communities. Now try and get that into your thick skull!!! Like i said before, i am not denying there are people (whites) that think and act like this (I’m sure we agree on this point). But believe it or not, out of the 150 to 200 million whites that are on this continent there are bound to be some whites that are good. And i for one know many. Your desire to push away all whites is where you go wrong.

In my city, there is an African community(Senegalese, Maliians, Ghanians) where they have have their businesses. No one has a problem with that. They are next to the Portugese and Italian communities. Chinatown is just below. Along this street you have people of all colors shopping all over. Chinese do not have signs promoting Chinese to by only Chinese. Neither do the Africans, nor the Portuguese, etc. If your neighborhood is generally Black and you shop there that is great but what you suggest is simply discrimination.

Your “superiority” complex even makes you think that my saying that we could be friends is actually me saying that i am giving you some priviledge of being my friend. Boy! You really got issues Homie! And i still don’t believe that you have ever had white friends. Impossible. You are so stubborn and racist that is unimaginable that you have ever had friends outside your community. This the internet and you make up whatever story you want.

Well enjoy that plane ride that you seem to enjoy telling us about. But beware of the white stewardess and the White pilot. They may be conspiring against you!!!! Booooo!

PS(trying answering some of the points i have brought up throughout this blog. I’d especially be impressed if you do it with the same respect you gave S.Cain.)

Michel, Michel, Michel…why won’t you just go away and let this go?
What does this all really mean to you? The last time I checked, nobody ever said that they were advertising Blacks only, but we are advertising build and buy mre from African American business.
Do you tink that I have a complex of “superiority” or a complex of “experience”?
If you want me to answer you like S.Cains then you need to come with facts and legitimate points that shows that you’ve been studying African American culture and the patterns and circumstances that have led it up to this point that it is today, not telling me what you think that African Americans should or shouldn’t do. If I have white friends or not…..what does that have to do with The Ebony Experiment and further Michel, why should I care? Where’s the benefit? You and the average European American knows no more about African American culture than our music and some sports history. That doesn’t impress me or the average AA, that’s just safe territory between our people so that we don’t argue about the real issues between us.
My neighborhood is AA and I do shop here, but why is it bad when you’re own people are the main ones doing it? It obviously works for them right? Michel I’m not tryng to be condescending, really I’m not, but please tell me where’s the benefit in Afrcan Americans spending their hard earned money, with people who openly and consistently disrespect them and refuse to acknowledge our culture?
What would be the point for us to do that? Michel you should look African Americans as a completely different culture, almost like a completely different nationality and you would be able to relate to what I’m saying better. At this point the relations between AA and European America in this country are so strained and damaged that, unfortunatley the European American community has as much pull with us as they would with North Korea.
Michel until European America as a whole can see this and stop trying to lecture and dictate policy to us, we will continue to move in clearly opposite directions, and for many African Americans that’s just fine because we’ve tried everything else with European Americans, and it has not worked. I will answer your questions if you can legitimately answer mine. will seperate you from being like the rest of European America when you can show that you are different from the bulk of European America.
Last but least, if you’re shocked about what I’m blogging on The Black Informant, then don’t come onto an African American website that has these types of topics that are clearly offensive to you. We are not going to think the same, and on these types of blogs, you should expect to be engaged in this type of truthful, honest and bold dialogue. This is what African Americans really talk about when you ain’t in the room. TRUST ME! So please be advised, if it sounds racist, it’s really not, but so what…………..it is what is. We ain’t hiding our feelings from European Americans at this day and age, so that we can spare them the shock and disbelief of being brought into the reality of how many AA’s really view them. My parents had to that to survive my friends don’t and we won’t.

I’ll start by thanking you for your respectful answer.
I did spend the day thinking about it and feel that if your decision to shop at Black only shops, than that is fine( i don’t mean to sound like i’m giving you my blessing or approval, i’m just not sure how to express what i mean). It won’t directly affect me because i will continue to be a part of the communities that surround me. I am still saddened by the fact that you have a generalized view of white people.

I will probably never know everything about the African American history. That is true. But it is not because of this lack of knowledge that you should judge me or others. Even despite this lack of knowledge i am still able to respect AA and treat them as equals. I do not know all the history of all whites and all Asians for that matter. But i do my best and learn as much as i can. Sometimes in my research i get depressed because throughout history every culture has committed atrocities. But i am able to see past this. Croats and Serbs continue revenge at every couple of generations. Same in Asia. China, Japan a, Mongolia and Korea have had wars for a couple of thousands of yrs. Slavery itself goes back along time. It was bad then, and it is bad now. Africa itself has a history of violence and this goes way back before the first white people raped that country. Today China is taking from Africa its natural resources and is using promises and bribes. To me humanity is one big failure.

Jewish people have been on the receiving end of violence for quite some time now. And yes, like you have mentioned they help each other and keep the money within the community. But unfortunately, they are still not respected and because of their close-knitted communities they are seen as racsist. A good example is Israel. My Palestinian friends have told me stories of life in Palestine(Gaza strip) and it is shocking. Israel does not have many friends. My reaction to the Ebony Experiment was partially because of this “Jewish” example. It could only be seen as a negative by the White communities and Asian communities. I know you will tell me the whites do it, the Chinese do it, and so. When i think of the white community i do not see it as one big bad culture. Their are hillbillies, there are racists, there are conservatives, liberals, moderates, people who like country music, people who like hip hop.

Your expectations from me or any other whites, makes it clearly impossible to ever be considered( by you) to be different from the bulk of Whites. I’m not sure if this is intentional on your part because you have decided you want nothing to do with Whites? That is the impression i get.

On my end, I will continue to confront Whites who are prejudiced or racist towards Blacks. But something inside me says why bother, if ALL Black people think and talk about me in the way you have said.

Michel, I’d like to start by saying that I do appreciate the fact that you want to do right, in spite of what others may say or do. It takes a person with good intentions and heart to go against the grain, especially when everyone else is doing the exact opposite.
What I don’t understand is why are you saddened that I generalize European Americans? How else do you want African Americans who are realistc in thir outlook of European America to feel or think, knowing our history between our people in this country. Michel what have European Americans as a whole done to really make the average African American think differently about them? Michel for as long as I can remember European Americans have either been telling African Americans that they are superior to us, or plain and simply disrepesting us at every turn. So what else do you want me to think? Michel, I feel the way I do because this is what European Americans wanted. You wanted to be looked at as superior beings by African Americans,and were willing to obtain that at all cost including destryoing are careers, families and futures. The Law of Physics says “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” Michel with all of the negative actions European Americans have put into motion against African Americans, yu can’t possibly be disappointed that you have something called The Ebony Expereiment. Not to sound condesceding but maybe Michel, European Americans should be grateful that the same things that they’ve allowed to happen to African Americans haven’t been returned to them.
If I were a European American, I would just be grateful that the only things African Americans are planning to do is simply to rebuild themselves. I would be happy that African Americans haven’t decided to become this Kamikaze type culture and just randomly start raping, murdering,stealing and terrorizing European Americans and their businesses. Hey let’s be honest, African Americans as a whole still have extremely dysfunctional households that in most cases exhibit the exact same lifestyles and thinking that our ancestros were forced to endure from European Americans for centuries.
So we both know that your people can’t make anything right between us, so since this is the case, and you’re people ain’t paying no types of reparations but are still the benefactors of African American labor,pain and suffering then they truly need to shut the fuck up, cause they ain’t got shit to say that any African American would want to listen to. Until they are doing what you are doing as a whole and not just a few, but as a whole. Then I’m sorry but I can’t put any weight in what the average European American has to say, because fake smiles and handshakes have no value to me or my culture.
Now to Slave Mnded Black folk, they eat up kind gestures by European Americans like kids in a candy store, because they’ve been raised to have the mind of a child or to hate their people i.e. a Nigger Mentality. So contrary to your belief Michel, I don’t expect whites to do anything more than what they’ve been doing; which is nothing except enjoying the spoils and then trying to tell me and other AA’s who call them on it “that other cutlutres had slavery too” like somehow that should make everything alright between us. So at this point, we’ll take it from here. Since the bulk of European Americans truly feel that they owe us nothing, then that’s fine, but now the equal and opposite reaction to that is, we will cut you off to save ourselves.
And Michel you’re right, every country has a history of violence,and you also have countries that are trying to repair the damage of what they’ve done, such as Australia and South Africa. This not being done here in the United States. The U.S is a country of appeasement, thinking that African Americans are easy to be appeased, while there is no real progress being made. So when I think of European Americans, I think of a people who think that their always doing you a favor because their being nice to you, as if though I need their kindness to survive. When I think of European Americans, I think of a people who become genuinely disturbed when African Americans tell them what we really think about them, because were in most cases not telling them that their these awesome wonderful people. When think of European Americans I think of a people who for lack of a better word, are “BUBBLIZED” because they have a completely egocentic point of view, especially when it comes to race and class. So eventhough there are European Americans who love Hip Hop because this is what they’ve grown up listening to all their lives, I’ve seen personally with my own eyes, these same supposed Hip Hoppers run their mouths with some racist shit coming out it, and then acting like we should be cool. Yep you do have Hillbillies, racist, conservatives(which is just a politically correct racist)liberals, moderates and people who like country music, but the way I’ve seen and experienced them is that their all different until African Americans enter the room, then all of the sudden their on the same team, against African Americans. But as soon as AA’s return in kind to them, then all of the sudden with crocodile tears in their eyes they’ll say ” so you must hate white people” as if though I or some other Brotha should feel sorry for them.
So I don’t know how to balance out the racial problems between out people anymore, but I do know what African Americans need to do to get healthy, and I’m planning to stick to that which I know is right for my people. Will I completley stop going to European American businesses? No probably not, but I will, like the Andersons make a conserted effort to spend more of my and my families hard earned money with African American stores, restaurants and vendors like every other nationality does every day that ends with a Y.

You’re right, the history of atrocities committed by man against man has extended back since the beginning of time.

I try to support Black business and it is not an easy thing to do. I live in one of the largest cities in the US. There are no Black owned suppliers for my business or distributors. It is impossible for anyone to only shop from Black owned businesses. I do not know of any other race that can honestly recall two or more business that they use that are Black owned. The reason for a lack of Black owned business is the lack of support. Every businesses needs a customer base and the Black customer has been conditioned to support any other business. There needs to be a conscious effort from the base to support their own business. It builds the community that needs the most help. I have recently purchased a home in a Black area and now try to support the local hardware store. In that store are two or more young Black men that do all the grunt work and will soon have the skills needed to open their own stores or expand the current business. Two or more young men that would not have a chance of employment with a larger commercial enterprise. I have seen the same example with the only Black owned grocery store in Chicago. That business has not been supported enough and looks like it may be in trouble. It is no Whole Foods but I try to support and buy what they have available. As long as it survives there are young Blacks that are learning from a person that can teach them independence and responsibility for their actions. What is missing from the discussion is how this will attempt to fill a void in the Black community. Jobs have been lost with few to replace them. The only hope is the Black business! Blacks need to support them and all are welcome not excluded. Most Black businesses are not located near other communities. Boycotts will not be a big problem for these enterprises due to the fact that these businesses are not frequented by other races in the first place.

Mike R. I couldn’t agree with you more. I feel that you should to continue to support AA owned businesses whenever possible, in whatever city that you’re in. I’ll do it on my end, and you keep doing it on your own.
I’ll pray for you and your business in Jesus Name.

This has convinced me (white) to patronize only white owned business when I can. This is as racist as it gets folks. Don’t let the people that put this together try to convince you otherwise. If we are to be color blind and accept the person for whom they are, then this adventure is taking race relations in the opposite direction.

InOK we don’t really have race reations in this country, so what are talking about? We are a country that acts as if though the racist actions,that have taken place by European Americans doesn’t exist or that it has no impact on our society today. Such as the worldwide Banking Crisis that was directly caused by European American banks preying on African American and Latino first time homebuyers. If this has convinced you to only buy white…..good and furthermore so what? Because that’s what the bulk of your people have been doing for so many centuries now, that it doesn’t matter anymore what you do. It doesn’t matter because, your people have been and are still till this very day, the main ones discriminating and only buying from Whites and Whites only, this is one of the many reasons why race relations are the way they are today in the United States.
The truth of the matter is InOK is that you really don’t give a damn about race relations, you just really care about European American economic power and control over African Americans, and the only way to keep it is to make sure that African americans don’t do like you do, which is to keep their money amongst themselves. The Ebony Experiment isn’t for or about you, it’s truly about African Americans,so when your people want to stop being racist then maybe African Americans will stop employing the same tactics that your people have been using against us since the days of Chattel Slavery.
COLOR BLIND SOCIETY>>>>WHAT CRACK ARE YOU SMOKING?

“European American banks preying on African American first time buyers.”

Congratulations! With a comment like this you are just promoting hatred towards the White community. These mortgages were also available to first-time White American buyers, and Asian American…

I actually thought about that comment and realized that not one of the many Black friends of mine who purchased their homes within the last 5 yrs have lost them. I felt like asking them if they had felt “preyed upon”, but i didn’t.

Funny thing. I was recently in a heated discussion with someone who felt that young girls(whites in particular) were being preyed upon by Black Pimps looking for new “employees”. Now as far as i know “pimping” is a form of “Chattel slavery”. Pimps use violence and intimidation to control women and girls and coerce them into prostitution. The following are statistics that were thrown in my face :
86% of victims are physically abused — 50% of them assaulted frequently or daily
80% of victims are sexually assaulted
71% of victims are controlled by drugs
69% of victims are isolated, confined, or restrained
61% of victims have weapons used against them
34% of victims have death threats to them or family
88% of the women want to escape prostitution

Now none of this sounds any better that your allegations of this all-White conspiracy. There are issues on both sides of this race thing. Whites seem to fear Black violence and Blacks want justice after many years of slavery and prejudices. I think that you have been unlucky in your contact with the White population but i wonder if it has to do with where you live or grew up. In my city, we consider rich neighborhoods to be filled with people who are snobs. If i was Black and my neighborhood was Black we would probably just say they were racists. Sometimes it depends on your perspective.

I wouldn’t have a problem inviting you over to my city to show you how ‘normal’ or ‘boring’ it really is. Whites don’t gather all at local community centers or churches and decide on how to treat Blacks. It just ain’t that way. Maybe in Alabama or Arkansa its that way but i’ve rarely if ever met people that truly conspire against one group. Who knows, maybe they are conspiring but they have deliberately left me out of the loop.

To InOK, you are being a little drastic as far as suddenly dropping any Black Business you may come across. The ‘Ebony Experiment’ is not yet full blown. It is not all Blacks who are participating. Between you and i, Blacks have been discriminated against way too much. If you have the chance to encourage a Black owned business please do. I think you and i and others should sometimes go out of our way to make those contacts whether it be a dentist, an electrician, a psychologist or what have you. The more we interact the better this place will be.

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