It's December and #buyblack guides!

It is now officially December and if you haven't done so already, you better be making your shopping list of items for Black Owned Businesses.  

Buying Black is a commitment because many of us may not live in areas that actually have a black owned business.  It will take effort to assist in keeping our money within Black business to generate the economic growth we need! 

So...you will have to do your shopping online for the most part.  That's ok! COMMIT TO IT. Even if you support 1 company this season, that's better than zero. But, it would be great if you can support more.  So to make it easier, I've compiled a short (emphasis on short) list of directories to start that shopping list!  I originally posted this on my Facebook page,but figured this needs a blog post.

PACKAGES

So, I received 4 packages today!!! These are orders I placed from some black owned businesses. Looking forward to unboxing these soon!!!

#BuyBlack

I spent most of my Tuesday evening searching and buying products from black owned businesses.  Thanks to Official Black Wallstreet, it made my search a lot easier.  

HOWEVER, as I was reviewing several websites, you can't tell that they are black owned.  So, this makes the whole #buyblack movement difficult.  While I want to take the word of OBW, I also want to confirm that the company is STILL black owned.  Many of the 'about' pages don't feature the owner or hold images that reflect more non blacks.  

So, I guess therein lies the double edge sword.  You want people to buy black but you don't want people to discriminate because you're black owned.  

How do we find you?  While OBW is doing an amazing job at making a directory of black owned businesses, I'm certain that there are MANY not listed because they don't know about that site.  I didn't know about the site until I started doing google searches to start this project.  

My goal is to find those businesses and make others aware of the amazing products/services offered by black people.