Couple's 'buy black' experiment becomes a movement

[Saul Good]

ATLANTA (AP) - It's been two months since 2-year-old Cori pulled the gold stud from her left earlobe, and the piercing is threatening to close as her mother, Maggie Anderson, hunts for a replacement.

It's not that the earring was all that rare—but finding the right store has become a quest of Quixotic proportions.

Maggie and John Anderson of Chicago vowed four months ago that for one year, they would try to patronize only black-owned businesses. The "Empowerment Experiment" is the reason John had to suffer for hours with a stomach ache and Maggie no longer gets that brand-name lather when she washes her hair. A grocery trip is a 14-mile odyssey.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D984SLN80&show_article=1

[Saul Good]

My initial reaction to reading this was to assume some sort of "reverse racism", but I wound up being pretty intrigued and actually support their cause. Sometimes I surprise myself.

[Bugeater]

That's reverse racism.

[kstater]

Why the fuck does a 2 year old have a pierced ear?

[MIAdragon]

Why the **** does a 2 year old have a pierced ear?

she couldn’t afford to get them both done:shrug:

[Katipan]

I thought everything in Atlanta was black owned

[AndChiefs]

Why the **** does a 2 year old have a pierced ear?

I read that as the kid pulled the earring out of her mothers ear.

But after reading it again i'd have to agree. :)

[Katipan]

I thought everything in Atlanta was black owned

Wow I'm illiterate. Chicago... Atlanta... Whatever.

[KcKing]

From now on... I'll only buy from Native American/Russian mix owned businesses....

Who's with me??

[MIAdragon]

From now on... I'll only buy from Native American/Russian mix owned businesses....

Who's with me??

a maze and vodka diet, that could be interesting.

[Micjones]

The last time we tried this it didn't end well...
http://www.tulsahistory.org/learn/photos/riot004.jpg

[Nzoner]

Maggie Anderson said. "It's like, my people have been here 400 years and we don't even have a Walgreens to show for it."

Do they sell afro-sheen at Walgreens?

[AndChiefs]

Do they sell afro-sheen at Walgreens?

As an employee of Walgreen's...yes we do.

[KCChiefsMan]

moving, tonight instead of Busch Light beer, I'm going with a Colt .45

[Spott]

So are there any black owned businesses that sell belts?

[Nzoner]

As an employee of Walgreen's...yes we do.

thanks,I didn't know

[AndChiefs]

thanks,I didn't know

No problem. It depends mostly on the area in which the store is located of course. In a more heavily African-American area the scope of products such as Afro-Sheen is larger then more white communities. Whereas a lot of the stores have a "base" set which they carry they do try to cater to the area in which they're in.

The Walgreen's which I worked at in Seattle had a large Asian community so we had an aisle specifically oriented towards what an Asian person may be looking for.

[EyePod]

I could fucking care less about this. I'm going to continue buying what's closest and enjoying the extra time I save on Chiefsplanet.

[googlegoogle]

I hope blacks rob her.

[Phobia]

we had an aisle specifically oriented towards what an Asian person may be looking for.

Heh heh. Oriented.

[AndChiefs]

Heh heh. Oriented.

ooh nice..

[kstater]

LMAO

[cdcox]

If I were them, I'd check out Eve's Addiction.

[Rain Man]

I thought everything in Atlanta was black owned


There's a reason it's called Coca Cola and not Cracka Cola.


Oooh. That was a rare double-imbedded naturally opposing pun. That's a once in a lifetime pun.

[Hammock Parties]

Thought this was about black whores.

[MoreLemonPledge]

I'm going to buy exclusively from white businesses. It shouldn't be too hard.

I'll tell my black friends what I'm doing and see if they support my cause.