Comments on: I found this to be pretty interesting–More on Black Businesses http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/i-found-this-to-be-pretty-interesting Engaging the culture by challenging the status quo Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FCJ Associates,LLC http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/i-found-this-to-be-pretty-interesting/comment-page-1#comment-219 FCJ Associates,LLC Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:27:48 +0000 /?p=380#comment-219 Looking to award black minority-owned construction companies contracts to build affordable housing in new program intended to help such companies break into the city's mainstream real-estate redevelopement industry. Looking to award black minority-owned construction companies contracts to build affordable housing in new program intended to help such companies break into the city’s mainstream real-estate redevelopement industry.

]]> By: kamau http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/i-found-this-to-be-pretty-interesting/comment-page-1#comment-218 kamau Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:16:34 +0000 /?p=380#comment-218 the real reality is that so-called african-americans must learn to mass produce products from organic produce to affordable clothing instead of unwanted children. today in 21st century america with so many of my people driving their suv's with expensive rims and diamond earings its hard for many to comprehend this reality. rib shacks..chicken shacks..and christian churches are ok..but we dont hire nobody in this country (let's keep it real now). barber/beautician profession is is big and still growing but all of us can't be barbers and beauticians. i think we as people of african descent have come along way in the americas but we have many challenges yet to deal with to move forward. business links with the motherland must become a reality in this everchanging global economy and these are just some thoughts i feel i needed to get across to blackinformant.com. thank you for your time. the real reality is that so-called african-americans must learn to mass produce products from organic produce to affordable clothing instead of unwanted children. today in 21st century america with so many of my people driving their suv’s with expensive rims and diamond earings its hard for many to comprehend this reality. rib shacks..chicken shacks..and christian churches are ok..but we dont hire nobody in this country (let’s keep it real now). barber/beautician profession is is big and still growing but all of us can’t be barbers and beauticians. i think we as people of african descent have come along way in the americas but we have many challenges yet to deal with to move forward. business links with the motherland must become a reality in this everchanging global economy and these are just some thoughts i feel i needed to get across to blackinformant.com. thank you for your time.

]]> By: The Black Informant » Blog Archive » Major black news stories of 2005 http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/i-found-this-to-be-pretty-interesting/comment-page-1#comment-217 The Black Informant » Blog Archive » Major black news stories of 2005 Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:26:11 +0000 /?p=380#comment-217 [...] er’ s attempt to buy the Minnesota Vikings HOT 97’s ‘Tsunami Song’ African-American Chamber Survey: 40 Percent of Black Businesses Have Diff [...] [...] er’ s attempt to buy the Minnesota Vikings HOT 97’s ‘Tsunami Song’ African-American Chamber Survey: 40 Percent of Black Businesses Have Diff [...]

]]> By: EG http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/i-found-this-to-be-pretty-interesting/comment-page-1#comment-216 EG Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:14:54 +0000 /?p=380#comment-216 I found this in the Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol 19, No 2 (dated 1997): "The author found that black employers hired a greater percentage of black workers for their firms than white employers matched on the basis of firm size, location, and product produced, but black-owned firms paid lower wages, even though there seemed to be no major differences in skills required for the jobs studied." When Johnson owned BET, the talk on the street (in DC) was the employees complaining about being underpaid. And small black-owned construction companies typically don't compete for federal jobs because they cannot support the union (prevailing) rates. I found this in the Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol 19, No 2 (dated 1997):

“The author found that black employers hired a greater percentage of black workers for their firms than white employers matched on the basis of firm size, location, and product produced, but black-owned firms paid lower wages, even though there seemed to be no major differences in skills required for the jobs studied.”

When Johnson owned BET, the talk on the street (in DC) was the employees complaining about being underpaid.

And small black-owned construction companies typically don’t compete for federal jobs because they cannot support the union (prevailing) rates.

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