Anonymous wrote:I shop mostly at Amazon these days and I'm sure I'm much more harshly judged for that.

Arlington property owners thank you.

Anonymous wrote:I try to shop local first.

I’m able to do both because I chose that type of community to raise my kids in.

To answer OP, no.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been trying to shop a little more at our neighborhood market. White-owned. Employs mostly POC. Looted and vandalized a few weeks ago. Otherwise, no.

That sound is the point of the movement trying to land, but being repelled by your racism.

Sorry, but no. The looters and vandals had zero to do with protests and only served to discredit the protests, not serve the movement. They were opportunists out for free stuff and a good time. The people I know participating in protests would say the same.

And you have no idea what race I am.

Sadly, the disease of racism isn’t limited to white people. There are plenty of anti-black Latinx and Asians. And there are quite a few self-loathing black people.

How the hell does Yelp know the race of the people who own these businesses? I'm thinking through the local businesses I go to and I don't know if I've ever met the owners, much less know what race they are. I mostly interact with wait staff or the cashiers.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been trying to shop a little more at our neighborhood market. White-owned. Employs mostly POC. Looted and vandalized a few weeks ago. Otherwise, no.

That sound is the point of the movement trying to land, but being repelled by your racism.

Sorry, but no. The looters and vandals had zero to do with protests and only served to discredit the protests, not serve the movement. They were opportunists out for free stuff and a good time. The people I know participating in protests would say the same.

And you have no idea what race I am.

Anonymous wrote:Op is a troll, no way that either of those conversations happened. Just another white woman with a victim complex.

+1. DH refers to it as "Bethesda Guilt."

Anonymous wrote:Omg the newly woke and their social media lists are bad enough. I can’t believe you had to be confronted by someone asking if you’d seen her FB post in person. I’m liberal and supportive of BLM, but this crowd is just the worst. The book recs and the business lists. Go away.

Yes!! A fashion blog I read is pushing, pushing, pushing the lists and books and frankly it’s over the top aggressive and comes off as disingenuous.

Anonymous wrote:Well I've really only been to the grocery store - so no this has not crossed my mind. Where are all these people shopping and for what?

Baker sits, ice cream stores, breweries, takeout restaurants. Curbside pickup for retail, books, toys, baby supplies. Plenty of sites have delivery options too.
I try very hard not to shop at Amazon first. And I support as many businesses in my east county neighborhood no matter who owns them. Non minority owned small businesses still employ black and Latino and Asian people in the community.

Op is a troll, no way that either of those conversations happened. Just another white woman with a victim complex.

Well I've really only been to the grocery store - so no this has not crossed my mind. Where are all these people shopping and for what?

I'm not going to order food based on race. If I am on the mood for pasta and it is a white owner then I'm getting the pasta. If I have an option of 2 places, one minority owned and the other not im going with who makes the best sauce.

How the hell would I know if the owner is black or other. If I need/like what you're selling than I'm buying.

I have zero clue who owns most of my neighborhood businesses. And restaurants, I just go with the food I like. Sometimes that means it appears as if they are Asian owned, sometimes Latino, but I'm hionestly not sure who owns most of them.

I try to shop local first.