I am starting to receive messages regarding boycotting a business for X amount of days. That is great but the international companies will recovery. Many of the racists or people who, for some reason, are completely against the BLM movement will give the boycotted business all the business they need.
If we boycott a retailer, one that some of us actually work for, those employees will still get up and go to work and help that retailer make money for the day. The bus boycott worked because it had an effect on local economy(ies). Those white employees had to get paid and we know that when things become a white issue it is then considered an American issue (like drug addiction). Blacks still got to their jobs by walking. What’s is the difference now? There are more Blacks in the corporate workforce, more in federal, state, and local govt jobs, more in retail et al.
We don’t need X amount of days… We need 24 hrs. There are over 30 million African-Americans in the USA. How many of us spend at least 5 bucks a day? How many of us get up and go to a job where we help a non-black person make money?
So, my suggestion is still the same. From midnight to midnight, in every US time zone, on the same day, Don’t do anything; don’t go to work (unless it’s your business or black owned) (make sure to follow proper protocol for calling out sick, or using a personal day with your employer), don’t spend unless it is absolutely necessary (spend in local communities; no big chains), don’t ride their buses, don’t ride their trains, don’t buy gas, don’t drive their buses or trains for them, don’t take a flight, don’t buy the ticket.
Yeah, how do we get all of us to do this? They taught us to doubt our abilities…it’s time to show them what Black Power means.
Boycotts and Walkouts work… Needs to be well organized… Needs to happen from Maine to Hawaii… All together…all at once… Stop spending
My original post was in July…in response to the senseless killing of black persons by law enforcement. We may be entering police state where more than just black and brown folks are in danger… Hit back… In their wallets…
