Too Many Arabs Running Liquor Stores In Our Neighborhoods! Why?

[onelove917]

Originally Posted by dtownbro

Also the issues and problems which truly plague us and our people here had and have little or nothing to do with Chadian and Arab small business owners...

Instead we're all being plagued by the likes of Big Business and Big Government advancing the vested interests of the white rich folk at everybody else's expense?

But, we must be careful here.

We are caught between the greed of Big Business and the malice of the average white majority. This is like the slaves being caught between the slave masters and poor white trash. The slave masters exploited us but the poor white trash would wipe us out.

For example, Big Business/Big Government gave in to the Civil Rights movement because profits meant more too them. And, this is significant since the middle class/poor white majority would never have voted for equal rights for negroes.

Originally Posted by dtownbro

And this nation needed to quit playing world cop after the disaster they brought about which we now call the Vietnam War...

We need to but the powerful won't stand for that.

[The Dragon]

Originally Posted by Istlota

When you say acquire status, are you referring to acquiring wealth, the respect of peers, or what?

Brotha, you already know that we don't have to prove ourselves anyone.
Salam!

[dtownbro]

Originally Posted by onelove917

But, we must be careful here.

We are caught between the greed of Big Business and the malice of the average white majority. This is like the slaves being caught between the slave masters and poor white trash. The slave masters exploited us but the poor white trash would wipe us out.

For example, Big Business/Big Government gave in to the Civil Rights movement because profits meant more too them. And, this is significant since the middle class/poor white majority would never have voted for equal rights for negroes.





We need to but the powerful won't stand for that.

Chuck:

On point...

On time...

And more forthcoming...

FYI...

[CooperSale]

Originally Posted by The Dragon

You are totally besides the point. Things are the way the are in our neighborhoods not because we won't take the initiative to open our own business neither does it have to do with local governmental activities. What you see going on in the Black communities is by design...by the same government you are suggesting we pay attention to and attend.

Local government decides on local zoning, meaning your local council people or whatever you have are the folks who decide what areas to zone for liquor stores. Your local planning or zoning board decide to approve or deny new liquor stores and its your city government that sells liquor licenses.

The number of liquor licenses an area can have is determined by state government and is based on population numbers. Local government can be MORE strict than the state, but not LESS. So any area with a certain population will have a certain number of liquor licenses available.

Local government tends to reflect the community because it's made up of people FROM the community. People IN the community run for office, get elected, and decide how many liquor licenses to sell and what areas of the town to zone for such uses. Therefore, if you feel your community is allowing too many liquor stores in town, turn to your neighbors. Turn to your local government. Turn to your local elected officials. THEY are the ones who make those decisions.

There is no design beyond how they zone your community. The only reason towns chase liquor licenses is because they bring in MONEY. They sell for a LOT, and it all goes into your town's coffers. That's what it's about. The bottom line.

I got a redneck community not too far from me. Almost no black people live there. It's a tiny town, but it's got something like eight liquor stores and places to get drunk. I've never seen so many in such a small place. Those people made their bed.

Get control of your local government, insist on changes for a better community, and that's what you'll get.

[CooperSale]

Originally Posted by Gorilla

Its no secret these shops open up in places they think they can exploit a market and turn a profit by peddling vices. But I've been to local ward zoning meetings and liquor license exception meetings with folks trying to keep a liquor store from openning up entirely too close to a public school. And it worked. Simply laying down to get railroaded by a system is hardly a solution. Patronage makes or breaks a business in the end.

Speak it.

You get INVOLVED at the local level and you can make a difference. And if a place opens up in your neighborhood, you cut 'em off where the money's at and they'll close shop quick enough.

[CooperSale]

Originally Posted by The Dragon

Burning down somebodies ish ain't "laying down" and getting "railroaded."

The only thing burning down businesses will accomplish is making sure NO business will ever want to locate in your community. No businesses means no jobs, no goods and services, no local tax revenues, and no economic growth for the area. These are all BAD things.

I don't know about you, but if I owned a business I wouldn't want to go someplace where the people in the neighborhood burned them down.

[CooperSale]

Originally Posted by cardiyac

The best thing we can do at this point is to open our own businesses in direct competition of theirs in the same geographical locations.

The only way we can begin to combat "economic terrorism" is to go to war and start making money like them smart a$$ Arabs.

BOOM! That's it right there.

Open businesses, compete with them but do it BETTER, get people together in the community to invest in businesses together if need be, make sure people know this is a BLACK business. The bottom line is to get in there and OWN the future. We want to go to war with money, we fight it with money. We fight it with money and get the community on our side, we win.

When you lift the community you can start to lift people away from crutches like booze, because booze is a crutch for those without means. A better community will always mean fewer liquor stores. If the few that remains are black-owned, even BETTER.

[CooperSale]

Originally Posted by The Dragon

If you go out just burning down ish recklessly than it is you who are the fool anyway. To many of our men are to punked out (like yourself) to take any drastic, well thought out steps to counteract what is going on in the Black communities today.

There is nothing well thought out about s****** where you eat. That's just self destruction.

[CooperSale]

Originally Posted by 216 East

Be smart man, the majority of blacks living in these neighborhoods are not DEMANDING that these stores come here, you obviously have never lived in a poor area,(I'M BETTING YOU'RE A WHITE TROLL) because our good sistas and brothas are not asking that these idiots come here, the white government will give the arabs the licenses, and they will purposely choose black communities as their destination all because they think the whole black community is a haven for this, when its just the small bad elements that are attracted to this BS,

Incoming Arabs are more likely to open their businesses in less affluent areas because they themselves don't have much money, either, and it's expensive to rent or lease space in more affluent areas. It's an economic issue. Rich white communities don't see an explosion of Arab-run liquor stores because the Arabs can't afford to open a business there. Poor white neighborhoods DO.

[CooperSale]

Originally Posted by Istlota

It is a mistake to think you can cure an addict by eliminating his supplier. That addict will just stay up day and night until he finds another supplier to take the place of the one you got rid of.

Amerikkka's "war on drugs" has proven this.