Has anyone ever worked at or been to a business with all black people running it?

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

What state are you in? This isnt uncommon in the south

Facts, you will find it throughout the South just off the numbers even in small/medium cities.

Usually it doesn't happen because we aren't immigrants limited by a lack of English proficiency. There's no huge pool of Blacks that can only work for other Blacks. That explains the Koreans, Mexicans, Vietnamese etc. You'd have to live in a place with nothing but Blacks that can support a larger biz. That's only going to be in the South.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Yes. If you live in a majority black place like Baton Rouge, they are everywhere in the city

 

[Luke Cage]

Facts, you will find it throughout the South just off the numbers even in small/medium cities.

Usually it doesn't happen because we aren't immigrants limited by a lack of English proficiency. There's no huge pool of Blacks that can only work for other Blacks. That explains the Koreans, Mexicans, Vietnamese etc. You'd have to live in a place with nothing but Blacks that can support a larger biz. That's only going to be in the South.

Do yall have any specific examples? I'm curious what other large businesses are black

 

[WIA20XX]

Do yall have any specific examples? I'm curious what other large businesses are black

I'm interested in this.

I've been to plenty of Black Businesses in TX, LA, MS, AL, and DC for work...

But I've never seen one like this

Not a mom and pop or boutique situation. I mean a 50 or more employee who are all or mostly Black, management on down business

The biggest all black businesses I've ever seen has been in hair care. Like a 10 chair Barbershop situation, or getting dragged to the Hair Salon by my mom when I was a kid.

Even when it's a restaurant situation, there's typically Latinos doing all the cooking.

Outside of Groceries, I don't think I've seen Asians, Indians, Arabs, or any other group except the J's - own/manage/run/staff an entire business.

You'd think there'd be more Mexican Owned and Staffed chains in Texas ...but the one I thought was "For them, by Them" - Fiesta

Fiesta Mart - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In 1972, Donald Bonham and O.C. Mendenhall started Fiesta; neither of the men had Hispanic ethnic backgrounds. Bonham had farmed in Belize and Guatemala and supervised the creation of a Chilean supermarket chain.[3] When Bonham returned to Texas, he believed that Houston-area businesses did not adequately cater to Mexican Americans, a large segment of the city's population. Bonham opened the first Fiesta, which catered exclusively to Hispanic Americans,[5] in the Near Northside.[6]

 

[tuckgod]

Yep.

Large agency for 10 years.

Like being paid to go back to college.

Owner fukking therapists, therapists fukking case workers, case workers selling p*ssy.

I miss it dearly.

 

[Peter Popoff]

Yea, not me personally but my wife's old company. Black owned and use to be chill af.
The owner has a gym, pool and basketball court at the site til this day. Occasional Friday cookouts and the whole shindig.

Spoiler: Backstory

But.......the CEOs company is hanging on by a string literally. He mismanages his money terribly and has a house, restaurant and suite (on top of the restaurant) in Texas then another house in Jamaica. He's always taking trips to Jamaica.

He's fired pretty much everyone except a majority of his family, 1 or 2 accountants working part time and the guy that created the dashboards which stores his operations.

The restaurant is falling apart because it's too expensive, doesn't standout and is in a competitive area in terms of the best black owned restaurants (3rd ward).

His company is also falling apart because it hasn't scaled up to match it's competitors in terms of price or technological advancements. His service is dated af because every company provides the same service for cheaper. He mostly markets it to the military which also isn't good (because Trump is getting rid of DEI).

If the guy making the dashboards all of a sudden quits, that company has to shut down and file for bankruptcy. Also, because he's making more off this company than his restaurant, he'll have to shut that down as well.

Long story short, this nıgga sabotaged his own business on depreciating assets and too much leisurely trips instead of making a dollar out of 0.50 to scale his shıt up and beat competitors in investments.

 

[Vandelay]

Rarely, but yes. My homie owns some real estate and a property management company. His partners are white, but everyone he employs is family/friends.

 

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HBCUs

 

[desjardins]

Naw but I applied to a company like that when I was in college. Black owned and black from top to bottom, they had some kind of contract with the toll booths in my area and I was trying get a toll booth person job cause it was like double min wage back then

I know someone that worked for the business side of a mega church and hated it.

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

Yes. An IT contracting company that held DoD contracts and operated in the DC and Atlanta areas.

Fairly awful, but a lot of those smaller DoD contractors are that, regardless of who owns them.

Ended up leaving after a few months, professional life has been nothing but excellent ever since.

There was this nerdy, thick, lightskin chick who was the PM though. Sheesh.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Yes as a non profit, but really don't want to get into that ordeal as it will raise blood pressure, and I just want to enjoy my weekend without thinking of what could have been.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

No. I don’t even think I’ve seen such a business, first hand.

 

[KillerPups]

never. sounds nice tho

 

[AnonymityX1000]

https://goldenkrust.com/executive-team

Founded in Jamaica but they operate in the states. Tri State mostly.

 

[MoveForward]

What was it?




Can you expound please?

We had easement rights on the side of people’s homes and honestly people didn’t trip if they saw a white guy on the side of their home working. Whenever I was on the side of someone’s home, I was met with animosity or a lot of questions that the white boys didn’t get. I believe that was his reasoning and it was valid if I’m being honest.

I had the cops called on me so many times by white and black people.