Looking for a way to invoke the messages of the March on Washington this month? Take a leaf from the history of the Montgomery bus boycott. The news that Walmart has told its supervisors and employees that an Obama candidacy would be "bad for business" should help black consumers shop someplace else during this back to school season.
It is important to let those powerful forces that oppose change that there is a cost to be paid. When Oprah took the courageous step of supporting his presidential bid, there was a corresponding drop in her viewership among those who didn't like it.
We too should vote with our dollars as well. Like Walmart, the CEOs of ExxonMobil and Chevron have recently been critical of this historic campaign.
In addition to the outrageous profits they've made and environmental damage to black residents in the East Bay of northern California, that should be sufficient reason to buy gas some place else.
They've made their choice.
We should make ours.
Posted By: John Templeton
Thursday, August 14th 2008 at 11:32AM
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