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I support socially responsible businesses. I shop on the northside at health food stores, because 1) I live north, 2) I receive good service, 3) I and my children am treated with the utmost respect, and 4) I am a vegan who supports the food and life principles that closely resemble those of African holistic health. I also shop at other “socially responsible” establishments which include black-owned establishments; unfortunately, there are very few black-owned establishments on the northside. I also support “socially responsible” black-owned business on the southside, two of which are health food stores, (Itongo and A Natural Harvest), but they do not deliver. I live north. I prefer to shop on the northside.
It is sad to say that very few African- Americans support that type of lifestyle despite the fact that in the past most African people supported that lifestyle. Our community is fraught with political wars, mistrust, improper diets, improper medical care, failure to support a policy of social responsibility, fathers who do not spend enough time and money with their children, emphasis on our lack of unity, and anger with other ethnic groups that take advantage of our disunity, mistrust of each other, and lack of understanding of economic principles.
I refuse to shop with a business that is not socially responsible.
We’d rather take Pepto-Bismol and an egg in canned tomato juice than stop drinking alcohol or eating wrong.
Could not that money be better spent once most of us learn how to live in harmony and thus regain the health that we need in order to rebuild our communities?
