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10 Excuses that Black People Use to Not Boycott Starbucks Which One Is Yours???

10) Excuse number ten: We should boycott alcohol and cigeretts. Response number ten: Agreed.

9) Excuse number nine: Starbucks is not the only one doing this to us. Response number nine: Precisely! And we will not take it from Starbucks or any other entity.

8) Excuse number eight: The two young men will get paid for sitting in jail for nine hours. Response number eight: This is not about any one or two people, or an organization getting paid. This is about the economic future of Black people in America, and maybe in the world.

7) Excuse number seven: You can't tell me what to do with my money. Response number seven: Obviously not. Keep using your money to fund your own oppression and the oppression of your children and grandchildren.

6) Excuse number six: Starbucks has Black owners and Black employees. Response number six: Yes it does and we are very proud of them. But they all deserve better. And other businesses and companies should have more Black owners and Black employees. That is what the boycott is about!

Circulate Black Dollars in Black Communites

Black Dollar Stamp

Blacks in America have about a $1.3 trillion gross national income. Only 2% of that money, about $26 billion, is re-circulated in the black community. The Black Star Project is working to change this narrative!

Proposed Tax Reform Plan Will Destroy Black America

Think about the worst racial policies of America. Chattel slavery. Jim Crow segregation. Apartheid. Share-cropping. Mass incarceration. Ethnic cleansing. Education, housing and economic discrimination. Wealth gaps and health gaps. Now think of a way to re-institute the best elements of all these putrid ideas and you have the 2017-2018 proposed Tax Reform Plan!

"WHO AM I?" from CHICAGO INDEPENDENT BULLETIN

CHICAGO INDEPENDENT BULLETIN, FEBRUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 7

Black History Feature:

Acknowledging Our Ancestors...

"WHO AM I?"

SAM'S INTRO: I was wondering who might begin our Black History Month "Ancestor" series, when he walked in...and THIS Chicago-based brother, I knew very well. He had the bespectacled, very intelligent appearance of a college professor, full of knowledge to share with anyone, especially young people of color, and it was obvious that he placed a high premium on education! The down-to-earth attitude of this community activist and civil servant relaxed me immediately...and thus we began our interview:

"I was born on September 22, 1950 in Chicago's Altgeld Gardens

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