How important are black-owned businesses
to the development of racial
progress in America?
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It’s very important for the community to have a lot of black-owned businesses. They create jobs and give the community a sense of structure.
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Raymond L. Burston
Unemployed
Roxbury
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Black-owned businesses are one of the building blocks of the African American community. The money that is generated from them can be re-circulated throughout the community. Everybody wins.
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Arthur Jackson
Paralegal
Haverhill
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It’s important because all black people need jobs.
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Denisha Golden
Dispatcher
Roxbury
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Black-owned business are very, very important. It’s a tragedy that other ethnic groups are able to come to this country and create both small and large businesses while African Americans, for whatever reason, have been lagging behind.
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Thomas Melvin
Railroad Maintenance
Providence, R.I.
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It’s very important for the community to have black-owned businesses because it lessens our dependence on white-owned businesses. Black-owned businesses give African Americans more economic self-sufficiency.
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Steve Varris
Mental Health Counselor
Roxbury
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As Malcolm X once said, black-owned businesses keep the dollars inside the black community. Its absolutely essential for black-owned businesses to grow and create jobs, and most important, give young people inspiration to start their own businesses.
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James Edwards
Railroad Conductor
New Haven, Conn. |
