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Andersons Complete Year of ‘Buying Black’
The Empowerment Experiment's Anderson family discuss the successes that kept them empowered, the struggles that challenged them, and why they won’t be continuing the experiment.... (Continue reading)
Why I Hate The Hook-Up
Written on 3 Dec, 2009 at 18:19 in Blogs | viewed 4,449 times | 56 Comments
One of the biggest drags on black economic empowerment is the "hook-up": black people expecting other black people to provide them with free goods and services just because they're black. We need to stop it. Today. NOW.... (Continue reading)
Yeah, I Got It On Layway. What About It?
Written on 21 Oct, 2009 at 18:27 in Blogs | viewed 970 times | 5 Comments
The buy-now, pay-later mentality of credit cards has been a major factor in reckless and irresponsible consumer behavior. Replacing layaway plans with easy access to high-interest credit has had devastating consequences for lower- and middle-income families, and black people in... (Continue reading)
I’m Not Rosa Parks. He’s Not Dr. King.
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 15:05 in Blogs | viewed 406 times | 2 Comments
Dr. King tells me that even though he and Rosa Parks and all the other heroes did so much, I don’t have the luxury of giving up, or giving in. I no longer have the right to live... (Continue reading)
My Powerful Life As Mrs. Buy-Black America
Written on 9 Sep, 2009 at 15:28 in Blogs | viewed 1,043 times | 3 Comments
When we created The Empowerment Experiment, we knew things would be different. We knew we were going to miss certain businesses, services and products that we had grown so accustomed to using. What we could not predict or... (Continue reading)
Our Choice: To Empower
Written on 24 Aug, 2009 at 17:11 in Blogs | viewed 1,490 times | 4 Comments
My family made a choice, publicly, to spend as much money as possible with Black business owners and professionals. We made this decision and make this sacrifice because we believe Black people have too much talent and spend too... (Continue reading)
Empowerment Experiment Shines Light on Black Business Blight
Written on 20 Mar, 2009 at 10:40 in Personal Finance | viewed 4,673 times | 56 Comments
Like many other blacks in Illinois who live in areas where mainstream grocery stores are absent or distant, Maggie Anderson travels quite a distance to find a grocery store that sells fresh food. The difference is Anderson doesn’t live in... (Continue reading)
