CNY Lags Behind In Black-Owned Businesses
Posted on May 07th, 2006 in Diversity
This is more of a local story, but I do live in the Syracuse, NY area. There’s an interesting story in the Syracuse Post Standard this Sunday morning on how difficult it is to have a black-owned businesses in central New York than anywhere else in the Upstate communities. It then goes into many other details that either explain why the statistics are misleading, or how they’re alarming. I can’t really decide what the story’s hoping to do, so I’ve decided to post the link and let people check it out for themselves; click here.
And, while I’m posting on race today, another interesting story on the growth of the Asian community in the Syracuse area also appeared today; here’s that link.
Posted by Mitch Mitchell on May 7, 2006
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May 7th, 2006
Why am I telling that story here? Because we don’t know how the U.S. Census located the businesses that it did and if it found all of the African American businesses in Syracuse. So, the data “might” have some flaws. But I also think that — for many of us — there are more African American businesses in Syracuse than we think, no matter what the real number is. We should seek out those businesses that exist and do business with them, if we can.
There is a database of South Side businesses at http://whitman.syr.edu/eee/southside/database.asp. This database includes African American and non-African American businesses, and likely includes businesses that you never knew existed. Feel free to check it out.
For those of us that are small business owners, we should support — financially and emotionally — others like us. Being a small business owner — no matter your background or prior training — is not easy. There are always bumps in the road. Support from people in similar situations can be a tremendous help.
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May 13th, 2006
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