We have talked about how we are sick and tired of our black men shot down in the street by policeman. Now we have to find a solution to the issue. What protesters are doing is wonderful. They’re out there on the front line, while most of us are at home watching them on television. We send a shout out to all those who have been beaten, sprayed, arrested, harassed, and falsely accused.
One has to fight a monster with a monster.
Visit https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicholasquah/heres-a-timeline-of-unarmed-black-men-killed-by-police-over the last year. You won’t believe your eyes. Here are some images of black men used for target practice:
In America it is truly about the money. Protesting is one way to fight, but there is another. And they should be hand in hand. For instance, the only way that the public knows about the killing of black men is through a smartphone. Did you know that 83% of blacks have a smartphone? I know that you may not think that the two are related, but give me a moment and you will see the picture.
Check this out…on a NewsOne Now Exclusive by Roland Martin: Nielsen unveils 2015 African-American Consumer Report stating the key findings as follows:
Key findings of the 2015 African-American Consumer Report:
African-American income growth rates outpaced those of non-Hispanic Whites at every annual household income level above $60,000.
Rate of Black high school graduates enrolled in college increased in 2014 to 70.9%, exceeding the rate of all high school graduates in the nation.
By 2060, one out of every six U.S. Blacks will be immigrants.
African-American Social Media Usage
44% support companies or brands
44% networking
29% information about products
14% tracking news or special events
African-American Media Consumption
Television 51 hours
Radio 13 hours
Computer 8 hours
Smartphone 6 hours
Did you know that 87% of annual retail spending is by black consumers? Or that blacks have the buying power of more than 1.1 trillion dollars per year.
Stay with me now….
Let’s talk about how the police are funded. Law enforcement agencies are funded by federal, state and city agencies. Therefore, they are subject to the policies of politics and politicians. Our government is owned by corporate entities, who control American democracy, if there is such a thing.
Here is how it goes, black spend money that fattens the corporation’s coffers, corporations tell the government/politicians what to do, the politicians fund the law enforcement agencies, who continue to kill our black men, then blacks spend money…and the cycle continues. Get It?
Now, it’s time for Black Dollar Days! (BDD’S). Imagine if black people did not spend any money for one day. What do you think would happen? Not a pamper, cars, furniture, food, clothing, no doctor’s visits (when appropriate), no texting, no talking, no Facebook, nothing! Surely, blacks would know, and the corporations would understand, that we understand our spending power and wealth. What would happen if blacks did not spend any money for 1 day a week for each month of the year? 4 days a month where blacks spent no money? Guess what? It would work; don’t ya think?
Don’t you think that the corporations would pay attention? Don’t you think that the government would pay attention? Don’t you think that the federal, state and city governments who control Law Enforcement agencies would pay attention? Don’t you think that the stock market would be affected?
Here is an example of how the stock market works:
The stock market lets investors participate in the financial achievements of the companies whose shares they hold. When companies are profitable, stock market investors make money through the dividends the companies pay out and by selling appreciated stocks at a profit called a capital gain. The downside is that investors can lose money if the companies whose stocks they hold lose money, the stocks' prices goes down and the investor sells the stocks at a loss.
The stock market can be split into two main sections: the primary market and the secondary market. The primary market is where new issues are first sold through initial public offerings. Institutional investors typically purchase most of these shares from investment banks. All subsequent trading goes on in the secondary market where participants include both institutional and individual investors.
Stocks are traded through exchanges. The two biggest stock exchanges in the United States are the New York Stock Exchange, founded in 1792, and the Nasdaq, founded in 1971. Today, most stock market trades are executed electronically, and even the stocks themselves are almost always held in electronic form, not as physical certificates.
If you want to know how the stock market is performing, you can consult an index of stocks for the whole market or for a segment of the market. Examples include the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq index, Russell 2000, Standard and Poor’s 500, and Morgan Stanley Europe, Australasia and Far East index.
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The Montgomery bus boycott is one if the greatest examples of what not spending money can do. Not riding the buses decreased the revenue of the bus companies. The bus companies could not pay their employees. The employees could not buy from the stores. The employees could not pay their rent or take care of their children. Had the boycott not ended, Montgomery would have surely had a severe economic breakdown. Those white folks did not care if blacks ever rode the bus. After all, we had been walking for 500 years. Got it now? Good!
Now is the time to implement Black Dollar Days. Not only will the powers that be pay attention, but there will be change because we will have taken their most precious commodity; the almighty dollar. We will take our “coins” and put them in our coffers; where they should be. We will save black lives, we will save money, we will save our people, we will save our communities. We can do it! Think on it…and get ready for Black Dollar Days!