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Peace and Blessings,
Amari Divine
I see a lot of black people go on rants on social media, complaining about black businesses. They complain about the customer service, the products, the pricing. Oh, how they complain about the pricing. Many small companies have higher pricing. Moreso, they want to be paid their worth. Why do we find it so hard to pay our own for the services they provide us? When you receive rude customer service from White, or Asian, or Arab owned businesses, you don’t boycott all of them. So why are you so hard on your own? No, you don’t owe them anything. You don’t have to shop with them. But you damn sure don’t have to slander ALL black business with the same tongue. I tell people all the time, “Maybe you’re just doing business with the wrong people.” Anytime I do business with ANYone new, I look into the reviews of previous customers. If you aren’t doing that, and you get scammed, that could happen with ANY business, not just black owned. And some of you are downright rude and impatient. You will send a rude email complaining about services without knowing any person’s situation. Yes, they are business, but they are people. I have a friend who owned a photography business. I know of an instance in which a client cancelled and rescheduled her session numerous times at the last minute before finally keeping an appointment. After my friend sent her the photos back, she stated that if there was a problem, or any changes to be made, to let her know within a month deadline. The client requests a half refund 3 months later claiming something was wrong, but never mentioned this issue to my friend before that time. THIS is what we do to our own. This is what we do to small businesses. When we look around our neighborhoods, which businesses do you see thriving? I ask you to circulate the black dollar. It has power. WE have power. Black Wall Street existed before, and can exist again. You want to see how much power you have, then circulate your dollar within your own. By all means, shop with everyone, but DON’T DISCOUNT BLACK BUSINESSES! I believe that if we support black business more, we’ll support ourselves more. Support our communities more. Black businesses, I implore you to do the same. Support your communities.
by Amari Divine
Here are a few black businesses you can support:
–Sovereign Visions GFX: @sovereignvizgfx (instagram); sovereignvisions@outlook.com or 901-878-9716 for quote. This business is the creator of our lovely Black Yoni Society logo!
–Bree Wylde: http://www.thewyldelife.net; @shoptwl (instagram)
–The Pretty Bull: www.prettybull.com; @theprettybull (instagram)
–The Wrap Life: www.thewrap.life; @thewraplife (instagram)
–ForeverSouthernRoyalty: www.etsy.com/shop/foreversroyalty; @foreversroyalty (instagram)
–Ashley’s Naturals: www.ashleysnaturals.com; @ashleysnaturals (instagram)
–Xclusive Breed GFX: http://www.xclusivebreedgfx.weebly.com; @xclusivebreedscreenprint (instagram)
–1969 Beauty: www.1969beauty.com; @1969beauty
–Robigirls Closet Boutique: robigirlscloset.bigcartel.com; @robigirls13 (instagram)
– Mz. Knowles MUA and Esthetician: @mzknowles (instagram); BrowCoutureMakeup@gmail.com
–Grits Co. Clothing: http://www.weargrits.com/
–NeferByJas: http://www.etsy.com/shop/neferbyjas; @neferbyjas (instagram)
–PeaceImages Jewelry: www.peaceimages.com; @peaceimagesjewelry
Welcome to The Black Yoni Society. This blog, while not exclusive in nature, is made with Black women in mind. You got it. We’re the Black Yonis in this society. I don’t expect everyone to agree with the views of this blog and that’s fine, you don’t have to. It’s just a space to release thoughts and hopefully, unite black women through the words typed here. The idea for this blog came through a sister circle formed over social media. We deemed ourselves The Black Yoni Society and used our group to open up to each other about everything without judgment. And I mean EVERYTHING. We come from different walks of life,and in some instances have different views, but as like minded individuals we came to respect each other and create a bond so strong, you would think that we have known each other for years. So occasionally, you’ll see pieces written by different Queens. I hope that you, the readers, eventually bond with us as well. I hope that you find a home here, find sisters here, find a place to express your opinions that may be unpopular to your current circle. We’re here for you. We’re here to express our views about the state of things as we see it in America and about Black womanhood. And believe me: we have a lot to say. So sit back and enjoy. It gets heavy at times, but don’t worry. We got y’all.
Amari Divine
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