Black Baltimore, where are your institutions and businesses??! (Columbia: living, price)

[upinflamezzz]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

An effin' disgrace that in a city where the African American population is overwhelmingly over 50%

Dude you're on city-data.com. There's no excuse for not knowing that Baltimore City is 63% black.They are black Americans, not African Americans. Or better yet, they are just Americans.

However, I did notice something odd tonight at the O's game. The crowd was around 29K and I'd be safe to estimate that only 2-3% of the crowd was black. Buuuutttt, every time they flashed to people in the crowd more than half the people were black. It's as if they found every black person in the crowd and put them on camera. The only reasoning I can think of is that A) The camera man was black or B) The camera man was directed to do this in an effort to draw more of the 63% black population of Baltimore to the stadium.

Has anyone else been to an O's game and noticed this?

[Infinite_heights77]

I know it's 63% African American. Just making a general statement about the large population of Black people in the city.

[Woodlands]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

I know it's 63% African American. Just making a general statement about the large population of Black people in the city.

3% West African + 60% Black American = 63% African American.... just trying to add a little comedy folks....

[gwillyfromphilly]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

An effin' disgrace that in a city where the African American population is overwhelmingly over 50%, but own less than 2% of the businesses owned and operated within Baltimore City proper. You can't complain about young people, crime, business and educational opportunities unless you support and finance your own institutions where you can exhibit some control over your own economic and cultural processes.

What is wrong with your thinking Black Baltimore? Study your history in relationship to Baltimore, slave, free and in between. Stop being ignorant. Stop acting like crabs in a plastic bag. Stop the mis-education you give to your children. The "so-called" Black professional class has a responsibility to build life sustaining institutions that will ensure that Black children matriculate within society as decent human beings. You think that you're big time PhD., big vacations, fancy clothes, fancy cars and jewelry, 97inch' flat screens are life sustaining and inter-generational institutions that will provide what???! Stop thinking like slaves!

So I guess this is your way of showing tough love to the black community in Baltimore.

[Devout Urbanist]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

An effin' disgrace that in a city where the African American population is overwhelmingly over 50%, but own less than 2% of the businesses owned and operated within Baltimore City proper.

While doing research on black-owned businesses in various cities I came across this: Baltimore city QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

The census data shows that, as of 2007, blacks owned 34% of businesses in Baltimore city. In Maryland overall the number is 20%. This is higher than the percentage of black-owned businesses in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, and D.C. I find it hard to believe that in six years that number has fallen to just 2%.

Props to Baltimore.

[gps29070]

There are plenty of black businesses in Baltimore. But also truth be told, if you go into a corner store in most parts of Baltimore, it's likely to be Korean owned, not black owned. The one store I do remember that was black owned and a great guy to boot was Melvin's on West Baltimore Street not that far from Bon Secur hospital.

[Infinite_heights77]

"There are plenty of black businesses in Baltimore."


Like I said, open air drug spots, hair places, Man Man's fix it flat doesn't count in my opinion!! We have plenty of these. I'm talking bigger establishments, hotels, restaurants, hospitals and etc..??!!

Come on man! Stop being small minded!!

Originally Posted by gps29070

There are plenty of black businesses in Baltimore. But also truth be told, if you go into a corner store in most parts of Baltimore, it's likely to be Korean owned, not black owned. The one store I do remember that was black owned and a great guy to boot was Melvin's on West Baltimore Street not that far from Bon Secur hospital.

[Infinite_heights77]

In DC and Philly you can visibly see Black owned businesses!!! Things in Smallville..you have to hunt like a hound to find.

[Devout Urbanist]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

In DC and Philly you can visibly see Black owned businesses!!! Things in Smallville..you have to hunt like a hound to find.

I find this hard to believe. 22% of businesses in Philly are owned by blacks and 28% in D.C. compared to 34% in Baltimore.

[Jackie Martling]

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