Black-owned bookstores in the U.S. now have their own directory for the first time ever, launched by the nonprofit National Association of Black Bookstores — who found that:
• There are 306 Black-owned bookstores nationwide (8% of independent bookstores)
• 14 states have no Black-owned bookstore
• Nearly 90% report annual revenue at under $250,000
• Sales of books by Black authors declined by 14%, despite an increase in overall print sales
Check out the directory: https://t.co/1AuCvzBThm
I will keep pounding the table on this because people don’t realize how bad it is
We are actively destroying family formation and upward mobility of people in their 20s and 30s just to make boomers happy
They are already the wealthiest generation by far. They already make up the majority of the political class
But it is still not enough
> more money printing that benefits the asset holders at the expense of savers
> more regulations that prevent new housing construction at the expense of new homebuyers
> more tax cuts that transfer wealth from the working youth to the idle old
> more deficits and national debt that the younger generation will have to bear the burden for
The youth no longer believe in a capitalistic system because their elders have taken it as hostage for themselves
The youth no longer have skin in the game of society. A generation with no stake in the system would rather watch it burn
deleting later but my hot take of the day is that you can be there for your friends without expecting anything in return but you can also be sad when they dont show up for you
Black people are potentially hours away from losing another piece of our voting rights; rights that we secured only 60 years ago. We haven’t even had them for a full generation.