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Black woman-owned Brain Lair Book in South Bend, Indiana. The literary magazine with the salmon on it is Pan-O-Ply and you can read it for free online:

Can’t make this up! Listen til the end! He wishes ill of me and my business and our community! The vitriol is WILD and SCARY and SAD. But let’s stay focused! Protect each other! And eff this old man! ✊🏾

🖤Black-owned, Est. 2019 🕯Scent artists honoring the brilliance of Blackness 📍Durham, NC

There are hundreds of white people on Twitter upset that I spend my money with Black businesses. I don’t care.

We’ve got to stop letting people gaslight us into thinking racism isn’t real or that group economics isn’t necessary for Black progress.

Right now, Black unemployment is up to 7.2%. For Black women, it’s risen from 5.5% to 6.3% since last year. If we’re serious about confronting discrimination, we have to be intentional about supporting each other. That’s not racist — that’s wisdom.

There are always a few Black folks who choose to serve white supremacy. Darrell Glasper is one of them. If you call a Black man a “cancer” for standing up for his people, you’re not just out of line — you’re a tool of the very system we’re fighting. We have to call that out as boldly as they attack us.

I’m a free Black man, and I act like it. My doctors? Black. Landscaper? Black. HVAC tech? Black. Electrician? Black. Esthetician? Black. Lawyers, tailor, publicist, business manager, print shop, mechanic — all Black. When I host events, I choose Black venues. Because the Black dollar has to build Black economic power.

If you’re white in America, you don’t have to try to buy white — it’s the default. So don’t be offended when Black people choose to be intentional about building our own economic future.

Have you tried any of these black-owned brands???

One of the few Black-owned banks in the United States is introducing a debit card aimed at helping single mothers who live in government-subsidized housing escape poverty.

The Bank King Card debit card will be offered beginning Friday in honor of Juneteenth by Redemption Bank, which will make a donation from every account opened to nonprofits that will steer the funding to needy families.

“Bank King Card represents a new regenerative banking model that starts with investing in mothers who are a few hopeful dollars away from breaking out of poverty, and opening up America’s vaults of opportunity that have been closed to too many for too long,” Redemption Holding Co. chair and Chief Executive Ashley Bell said.

Redemption Bank, based in Holladay, Utah, says it intends to make fixed-amount donations based on new Bank King Card account openings. The amount will be determined annually by the bank’s board of directors and will not be based on the amount of card purchases, according to Redemption Bank.

A Bank King Card credit card is expected to be introduced later with interest rates capped at 12%.

Nonprofits that provide direct-cash services would apply for grants through a foundation developed to make sure the money gets to those who need it most.