Black residents reject Trader Joe’s because it would attract too many white people

[J-Nice]

Exactly, gentrification wouldn't be going on if economic revitalization wasn't needed. I'ma quote Gil Scott Heron "Since change is inevitable we should direct the change rather than simply go through the change."

I think it still would be going on whether urban areas needed urban renewals or not. I say this because places like NYC, Detroit, Charlotte, Louisiana, etc are great places to own successful commercial industries like shipping ports, manufacturing hubs, fishing, and entertainment outlets because of their locations and the profit potential. This is what many groups see blacks wasting in the inner cities. This is why Detroit is currently being bought up by China and NYC slowly becoming white again. People are saying to themselves, "Look at the blacks waste all of that opportunity in the inner city. Let me slide in and buy it from them and show them what they could have had when I make a killing for me and my people".

 

[OsO]

all the NYC coli members should invest in opening a "deli" type store in the hood... and we'll set a new example by filling the shelves with healthy food and groceries, what up tho

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

I think it still would be going on whether urban areas needed urban renewals or not. I say this because places like NYC, Detroit, Charlotte, Louisiana, etc are great places to own successful commercial industries like shipping ports, manufacturing hubs, fishing, and entertainment outlets because of their locations and the profit potential. This is what many groups see blacks wasting in the inner cities. This is why Detroit is currently being bought up by China and NYC slowly becoming white again. People are saying to themselves, "Look at the blacks waste all of that opportunity in the inner city. Let me slide in and buy it from them and show them what they could have had when I make a killing for me and my people".

I'll put it to you this way, if the feds don't stomp out the movements that were born after the Civil Rights Era do you think this gentrification would be going on? This shyt been a systematic response to the strides of black people going all the way back to Nixon. fukked up.

 

[NZA]

poor people have stamps.. why not use those stamps for healthy food?

People who aren't poor enough to have stamp.. can easily just go to other stores. ntm.. the job potential lost.

job potential loss is a real concern, of course gentrification would make that wash as well.

i dont think i have ever shopped at a TJ. i could imagine their prices are pretty high. those stamps probably go further elsewhere

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

all the NYC coli members should invest in opening a "deli" type store in the hood... and we'll set a new example by filling the shelves with healthy food and groceries, what up tho

Try to build yallselves an urban garden upstairs to sell organic fresh produce at an affordable rate for the people, once tree is legal grow some pack and sling it like the Bodegas do.

 

[Blackking]

job potential loss is a real concern, of course gentrification would make that wash as well.

i dont think i have ever shopped at a TJ. i could imagine their prices are pretty high. those stamps probably go further elsewhere

Elsewhere , pretty much , sales poison.

TJ is funny... if u buy an Asian food.. sometimes it says 'trader mings'
if you buy a Mexican item, somethings it says'' trader joses'

CAC just don't give a fukk bout PC anymore. Idk what a black food would say.

 

[NZA]

Elsewhere , pretty much , sales poison.

TJ is funny... if u buy an Asian food.. sometimes it says 'trader mings'
if you buy a Mexican item, somethings it says'' trader joses'

CAC just don't give a fukk bout PC anymore. Idk what a black food would say.

trader tyrone's
trader leroy's

 

[The Real]

job potential loss is a real concern, of course gentrification would make that wash as well.

i dont think i have ever shopped at a TJ. i could imagine their prices are pretty high. those stamps probably go further elsewhere

Produce there is definitely more expensive than average, but it's also better quality, so it's not a pure ripoff. The real deals there are snack foods, readymade and easy cooking items (pasta, burritos, indian meals, whatever,) and things like beer/wine, cheese, bread, etc.

 

[J-Nice]

I'll put it to you this way, if the feds don't stomp out the movements that were born after the Civil Rights Era do you think this gentrification would be going on? This shyt been a systematic response to the strides of black people going all the way back to Nixon. fukked up.

I feel you. But Frederick Douglass said it best " If there is no struggle there is no progress". In 2014 I don't believe anything could stand in our way if we decided to build with our own and for our own. The only one stopping us is well, us.

 

[NZA]

Produce there is definitely more expensive than average, but it's also better quality, so it's not a pure ripoff. The real deals there are snack foods, readymade and easy cooking items (pasta, burritos, indian meals, whatever,) and things like beer/wine, cheese, bread, etc.

can you imagine the right wing smear campaign if they see black people using EBT cards to get gourmet cilantro rice and bean burros and pomegranate juice?

i can see john stossel starting a segment on fox news by saying "Nothing gets between Keisha and her quinoa!"

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

job potential loss is a real concern, of course gentrification would make that wash as well.

i dont think i have ever shopped at a TJ. i could imagine their prices are pretty high. those stamps probably go further elsewhere

It's a slightly more affordable Whole Foods with branding obsessive disorder with its Trader whateverthefukks all over the place, I don't really shop there much cuz its further away from me. The key to Whole Foods is smart shopping, that's the ballers Safeway so if you ain't ballin or you're a cheapskate like me get a small hand basket and never go there when you're hungry.

Yall might not believe me, but I be seeing Section 8 EBT card having black folk shopping at Whole Foods. The combination of hood folks and snooty cacs and bacs when I'm in line is just to watch.

 

[J-Nice]

To all of my NYC Breh's here, is there an African American Chamber of Commerce in your state?

 

[The Real]

can you imagine the right wing smear campaign if they see black people using EBT cards to get gourmet cilantro rice and bean burros and pomegranate juice?

i can see john stossel starting a segment on fox news by saying "Nothing gets between Keisha and her quinoa!"

The spin would be ridiculous. Black people using your tax dollars to buy gourmet cuisine and fine wines. Why can't they be satisfied with the $1 menu at McDonald's?

 

[Francis White]

All this talk of start something in the hood is crazy . It should have been done already it's too late now and all this crying about losing the hood is too late. Rents are to high just to run it , this chocolate place in Far Rockaway is being sold and that will devastate that area even more but you know what . Nobody is going to shyt about it but complain and bytch. There are some good ideas that people on here are suggesting but you know damn well it will never happen.

 

[bigDeeOT]

So you're saying that people in the "ghetto", are largely untrainable, and incapable of working a basic supermarket or retail job? Jesus christ, every time you contribute to this board you completely embarrass yourself.

What did you contribute?