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Winter 2022

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 37, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2022 | Discrimination | Free enterprise

Buyer Beware: A Critique of the #BuyBlack Movement

Brandon M. Tate, Loyola University New Orleans

Walter E. Block, Loyola University New Orleans

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise37(4),2022,77-89BuyerBeware:ACritiqueofthe#BuyBlackMovementBrandonM.Tate*LoyolaUniversityNewOrleansUnitedStatesofAmericaWalterE.BlockLoyolaUniversityNewOrleansUnitedStatesofAmericaAbstractManycommentatorsprofessthatifallpeople,particularlyblackpeople,favoredblack-ownedbusinessesattheexpenseofotherbusinesses,thiswouldredoundtothebenefitoftheblackcommunity.Thepresentpapermakestheoppositecase:suchapolicywouldreducetheprosperitythisdemographicmightotherwiseenjoy.JELCodes:F10Keywords:discrimination;freetrade;freeenterprise;specialization;divisionoflaborI.IntroductionThesummer2020slayingsofAhmaudArbery,GeorgeFloyd,andBreonnaTayloratthehandsofseveralwhiteAmericanshaveprovidedadditionalinspirationforthelatestwaveofblackconsciousnesstotakeholdintheUnitedStates.Ashundredsofthousandsofgrassrootsprotestswerecomingtoanend,discussionsbeganathome,intheworkplace,andonpopularsocialmediaoutletssuchasTwitterabouthowbothwhiteandblackpeoplecanuplifttheblackcommunityfromwhatmanybelievetobeanear-constantstateofsubordinationandvulnerability.Amonganabundanceofideasandpolicy-reformproposals,thehashtag#BuyBlackbegantoappearmoreandmorefrequentlyinonlineadsandinsearchengines.ItencouragesAmericansofallracesandcreedstofinanciallysupportblack-ownedbusinessasamethodofempoweringtheblackcommunityasawhole.Insection2webrieflynotethehistoryoftheBuyBlackmovement.Thefocusofsection3isthesistertotheBuyBlack*ThepresentauthorsaregratefultoHarryDavidforimportanteditorialhelp.

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Title	Buyer Beware: A Critique of the #BuyBlack Movement
Authors/Creators:	Brandon M. Tate, Loyola University New Orleans Walter E. Block, Loyola University New Orleans
Year:	2022
Volume:	37
Number:	4
Pages:	77 - 89
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	discrimination; free trade; free enterprise; specialization; division of labor

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Tate, Brandon M.; Block, Walter E. / 2022. "Buyer Beware: A Critique of the #BuyBlack Movement." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 37(4): 77-89.