If you have missed my Facebook primer on boycotts and #BoycottBlackFriday, find it here. (I do not advocate shopping this Friday at all, but more about that here.) I did my best to come up with a list of great businesses to support in the coming weeks, and especially this #SmallBusinessSaturday. Thanks a million to Raël Nelson James, Pat Armstrong-Watkins, and Faraji Whalen for their suggestions. I hope that you will continue to send me businesses to add to this list. 

 

I also want to note that shopping with a conscience really requires using your brain. Remember that companies change hands, executives direct the paths of their businesses, and "just" being black- or minority-owned doesn't mean the business is good for its community. 

 

(There is one publicly-traded company I want to highlight before we get to the list: Costco. If you need something from a big-box store this holiday season (or ever), consider going to them. They have living wages, days off, and actual benefits for employees. For more on why Costco is probably the best big-old-store, go here.)

 

But back to the really important thing:

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DC-Area Black-Owned Businesses

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