Boycott Worsening for Asians and Now they are giving out Discounts for Black folks

[00:00:00]This whole Asian business boycotting is just showing us how gaslighting and how hypocritical [music] they've been this whole time. So, in a lot of videos I see about people documenting the emptiness in Asian businesses, there's a lot of Asians in the comments talking about, [music] "Why are you guys punishing our whole community for something one person did, one person said? Why do y'all follow all black people around y'all beauty supply stores based on a small amount of people who steal?" [music] Y'all generalize and stereotype the black community 24/7.

[00:00:30]But, now that we finally decided to do the same thing and treat all of y'all as one man, one sound, now y'all all don't deserve it. And they really [music] sitting there right in paragraphs in the comments talking about, "Y'all are fighting racism with more racism." Y'all never took accountability for y'all racism. [music] And it's not racism, it's like what a lot of people been saying, it's a transfer of wealth.

[00:00:49]Finally waking up and putting our money where our mouth is [music] in our own community. Just like y'all stick together, support each other, go shop at each other beauty supply stores. Oh wait, y'all where >> Comment like yours, I've been getting a lot of them. Our money, our choice. If you don't like our community, go sell your [ __ ] somewhere else. Okay, let's say if we all think like this, right?

[00:01:08]Let's expand that out just a little bit.

[00:01:11]The first point that we're going to land on is everybody, every race siloed into individual groups. I'm sure you're going to say, "Oh, that's fine. No problem. I would love to keep supporting my black community." Cool. So, what happens after that? After that stop, things are going to get interesting. That's when the resources starts to become valuable and people are going to fight over it.

[00:01:39]That's when you're going to have a top and a medium and a bottom. I'm sure you realize what happened 200 years ago when things when people get segregated. And then you might say, this is a comment that was left in one of my videos. I'd rather spend my money import X, Y, and Z products from China and bring it over here and sell it to my black community.

[00:02:03]And I'm fine with giving my money to the China Chinese people because they have nothing to do with the stuff that's going on over here. Okay, that's fine.

[00:02:12]But what do you think is going to happen when you try to go import stuff? Do you think they're just going to be okay with what's going on over here? Do you think you're still going to get a fair price even if they are willing to sell to you?

[00:02:26]If we're going to keep going down this road of "Oh, your people follow us around the store. Okay, your people knocked out a bunch of old Asian people during COVID times. Let's group up everything that your people are doing."

[00:02:40]Yeah, but I didn't do anything. It doesn't matter. It's y'all people. So, everything that that person does it belongs to all of you guys? I don't know how we can move forward. I'm just pointing out what you guys are saying and what the Chinese group are saying.

[00:02:56]You guys are not doing anything to help each other.

[00:03:00]This is just going to keep pushing each other apart. Also, again, this is just online beef. I've been seeing videos of black women going inside like Asian establishments and then asking the black people that are in there what are they doing there.

[00:03:13]Not everybody knows what's going on online. Some people just out there living their life. Again, I'm going to say it one more time.

[00:03:23]If you guys want to boycott, go for it.

[00:03:26]I'm with you guys on that. Eventually, we're all going to need to find a solution because we all live in the same [ __ ] planet. Same country.

[00:03:35]>> You know, I am really grateful for the people who have definitely jumped on supporting small brands or small black owned businesses. How >> So, yes, people are jumping on and piggyback over our black movement and now what people are trying to do is trying to be opportunists.

[00:03:51]>> However, I'm truly disappointed in the ones who don't just because some of us are from a diaspora.

[00:04:01]>> So, I don't think black Americans are doing that because specifically you're from a diaspora. They're doing that because they're trying to do their own group economics. That's what they're doing.

[00:04:10]>> I have never in my life grew up where I've seen people so segregated and so separated.

[00:04:19]Then you want to separate the blacks from the people who are the immigrants or whatever the case is.

[00:04:26]>> So, I hate when y'all come up on here and lie. So, we're going to break this down right now and stop all the lies right now.

[00:04:32]All right. So, this is Little Ghana in the Bronx, a little uh Accra, right?

[00:04:36]Where people came into our community [music] separated and made their own community.

[00:04:40]This is Little Senegal right in Harlem.

[00:04:42]Go to Harlem, you see Little Senegal where they came into our communities and [music] separated and hide their own friends and family and did business with each other.

[00:04:50]This is Africa Town. Actually, they just had it officially made this Africa Town.

[00:04:54]This Africa Town where [music] they again came into our communities, separated and hide their own friends and family and did business with each other.

[00:05:02]I got something for y'all too, Caribbean. We got Little Caribbean in Brooklyn, right? Where again they came into our community, separated and hide their own friends and family and [music] did business with each other.

[00:05:11]Little Guyana in Queens. Again, came into our community, separated and did their own business [music] with with each other with their friends and family and the Indo-Caribbean community.

[00:05:21]Little Haiti in Brooklyn. Again, coming to our communities, separated and hide their own friends and family and did business with each other and also Little Caribbean. Nobody's What's going on? I don't see nobody crying about this.

[00:05:32]>> [music] >> So, again, what black Americans are doing is what everybody been doing for the last 55 years where they came into our communities, separated, hide [screaming] their own friends and family, and then did business with each other. Nobody complained for the last 55 years. Now, finally, when we peacefully and respectfully [music] saying we're going to kind of do the same thing, hire our own friends and family, make sure 85% of our average monthly income outside of utilities and savings [music] are going into black American-owned businesses, and we're not shutting you out. What we're saying is only 15% is going into other communities, right?

[00:06:06]That respects us. The goal is to remove the leakages and keep the money within the community. Black Wall Street wasn't Black Wall Street because they had this community, that community, this community, that community, and the communities. [music] It was Black Wall Street because they shopped at Black American-owned businesses and Black American-owned businesses only. This is how they had the economic iron dome where Cadillac had to come and ask for Black Americans for help. Where [music] during the Great Depression they came to us for money, right? So, Black Americans saying is it Black American-owned is not xenophobic or xenophobia because if you want to go with xenophobia, even xenophobia, let me walk into any Jamaican store anywhere and see if you see a Black [music] American. Go to an African store, see if you see a Black American. Go to a Caribbean store, see if you see a Black American. You won't see it. So, you're not going to gaslight us [music] and force us to spend our 1.9 to 2.6 trillion dollars and try to gaslight us with boogeyman names like xenophobia, hatred, jealousy, all all these other boogeyman words. It's not happening. We see y'all trying to hide under the umbrella of Black-owned. This is why we're asking for the background, your names. And I want more Black Americans to ask for the background, their names.

[00:07:09]A lot of people trying to hide their actions. No, we're looking for Black American-owned businesses. And again, peacefully and respectfully. [music] We got no hate toward nobody or nothing. We got to make sure we're good. I'll say this, charity starts at home. That's our ancestors [music] saying, we're trying to make sure we keep that.

[00:07:23]>> Support Black businesses. I just took my nails off myself, just one by one. These are my real nails. I'll just polish them, and I'm still not going to the Asians. I'm not going back. I'm standing behind what I said. If you're going to a nail tech, go to a Black nail tech.

[00:07:38]That's it.

[00:07:41]>> Common sense approach.

[00:07:43]Oh, yeah. Y'all getting to them.

[00:07:46]I have never in all my years of watching social media, I have never seen a Asian person come on to social media and promote a a business their business with such passion.

[00:08:06]Aim that black people at that.

[00:08:10]I have never This lady got up here and say, "Hey, y'all."

[00:08:16]Man, I I turned around. I was like, "Who the [ __ ] was that?" Cuz I was chilling and I heard "Hey, y'all."

[00:08:24]"Come down and see us.

[00:08:26]We doing eyebrows, etc. etc. Now accepting walk-ins Friday and Saturday accepting walk-ins Friday and Saturday."

[00:08:36]Stop it.

[00:08:39]Boy, you better not be late for your appointment.

[00:08:43]Now it's walk-ins?

[00:08:46]I have never heard a Asian person promote a business with such passion.

[00:08:53]I'm talking about no fast talking, no Johnny Dang slick talking, none of that.

[00:08:59]Straight the same the same uh um courtesy and and and respect that the British English American get when they put businesses in their community.

[00:09:12]Cuz this business is right there in the black community. I I looked at the address.

[00:09:18]And so, there you have it.

[00:09:22]They're getting to them. It's common sense approach. I'm out.

[00:09:25]>> Cuz I I'm so sorry. Like right now, obviously, like it's a big talk about this murder, this Asian man that he killed a 14-year-old boy, which is horrible. But in response to that, a lot of people are boycotting Asian businesses, and I kind of think that's a little crazy because it's one man's action affecting the whole Asian community. That's low-key a generalization. Also, a lot of these people are boycotting like nail businesses and stuff. Those people are Vietnamese, not even Chinese, okay? A lot of those people are lower income.

[00:09:52]They're not the model minority. They're from a third world country, and I'm saying that because I know someone who is literally kind of being affected by this cuz their family owns a nail tech business. And I just think it's a little crazy that it's so, I guess, fine to say this normalization and be like, "Boycott all Asian people because of this one Asian person." Like, I'm >> Now, first, um this is not just about the Rick Chappelle case. Um that was pretty much just the straw that broke the camel's back. For decades, black people have been dealing with disrespect from Asian-owned businesses in our communities while they continue to profit from the black dollar. Now, black people are deciding they want to support black-owned businesses. That's not racism. That's just group economics. Um and other groups have been doing that for centuries.

[00:10:41]So, why is it suddenly considered racist when black people want to spend more money in black-owned businesses?

[00:10:49]Um at the end of the day, spending money is a choice, and supporting black-owned businesses is not an attack on anyone else. Um and I keep hearing like how would black people feel um if Asian people boycotted black businesses.

[00:11:06]Now, the Asian community has never really supported black businesses. So, you can't really boycott something you've never supported in the first place. Now, if the black dollar mattered so much to the Asian community, then they should have respected black people when they had the chance.

[00:11:30]And this is exactly what we mean when we say [ __ ] around and find out. Y'all just found out.

[00:11:40]Now, you have spent decades benefiting of a community while showing such little respect for its people. Don't be shocked now when we decide to take our money somewhere else.

[00:11:54]>> Asians said black Americans cannot do without them. They said black Americans cannot be in likes, they cannot wear makeup, they cannot do these, they cannot even do their common nails. If eventually black Americans decide to boycott Asian in America.

[00:12:12]>> [laughter] >> Look at the stores. Asian stores are empty.

[00:12:18]Their stores are empty. Black Americans are now opening their stores. They're not spending their dollar within the black community.

[00:12:26]Why do you think it is impossible to do something? I don't know.

[00:12:31]>> [laughter] >> Now Asians are crying bitterly. Asians are saying they don't have anything to rely on because a lot of them rely on nail tech salon shops, stores in America. Now black Americans are taking everything back. They're not destroying their properties. They're not They're just saying we are no longer spending our dollar there. We are going to be spending it in the black community.

[00:12:54]They never even start. Asians are crying already.

[00:12:57]Don't ever underestimate the power of any ethnicity, honestly.

[00:13:04]>> [laughter] >> Follow for more journey.

[00:13:07]>> So y'all, y'all know we is a Asian, we we not doing the stores, right?

[00:13:14]So I haven't either, but I kind of have to go to the gas station because there are no black owned gas stations like around here. If you know some, please tag them.

[00:13:25]>> [snorts] >> But I also have to go in and get my products. You know what products I'm talking about? The QuickTrip don't sell them products. So, when I say they have been being extra friendly, I mean, I went in the store and the man gave me I think the price of the the price of the stuff was $6.99. I promise you that man charged me $4.99.

[00:13:45]And I've been going in this store for years. He was like, "Hey, how you doing?

[00:13:47]You need anything else? We got the They is trying to get But, they have been friendlier than ever now. Go into them stores, I bet they be a little bit more friendly. They have learned.

[00:14:01]I don't think they learned enough, but I'm still I'm still boycotting.

[00:14:06]I'm just letting you know.

[00:14:07]Them attitudes done changed in them stores, just so y'all know.

[00:14:12]It's not hurry up and buy, it's let me see what I can do, like it should have been in the first place.

[00:14:19]>> So, yeah, I went to like 10 different nail salons, and I got to be honest with y'all. These nail places have some of us in a choke hold. They weren't packed, but even one of us in there is too many as far as I'm concerned. And for anybody who's feeling like the blackout isn't working, please remember at this point it's only been a couple weeks. Every dollar removed from their businesses and put back into our black businesses is our wealth being put back into us. Let's keep it going, y'all.

[00:14:52]>> Hey black community, how's that Asian boycott working out for you, man?

[00:14:57]I mean, I'm I've been watching it online, how y'all going to stop dealing with these Asian establishments and so on and so on. So, that leaves me to wonder where all these women where they going to get their hair from, their eyelashes, and where they going to get their nails and feet done?

[00:15:12]You know, and so on and so on. You know, where you going to get your Nike sneakers from and all that other [ __ ] you know?

[00:15:18]I'm trying to figure it out. Me, I'm not boycotting [ __ ] This is not my fight.

[00:15:24]Really isn't.

[00:15:25]Besides, this pepper steak and fried rice is banging.

[00:15:29]>> While you were all too busy worried about love island, I know because I was too busy worried about love island, guess what? Cuba's still starving.

[00:15:39]Cuba's still starving. Did you forget that Donald Trump cut off their oil supply so now they don't have enough oil to run any of their machinery or keep their lights off? Cuba's been in the dark for a couple of months now. They don't even have electricity and Wi-Fi to eat or use anything electrical. They can barely see during the night time.

[00:16:00]Did you forget that?

[00:16:02]So while you're too busy distracted by what's going on on television, always remember that there's people out here that's literally dying.

[00:16:09]>> It is a worsening situation in Cuba today. Cuban officials now saying nearly 3 million people are dealing with a lack of water. Some Cubans on the island say it has been days since they've received a water delivery. Cuban authorities blame the US oil blockade and say Cuba's water system is now operating with less than half of the fuel it needs. A lack of water coupled with rolling blackouts and a dwindling oil supply are worsening the humanitarian crisis in Cuba as the Trump administration has continued its pressure campaign for change on the communist island. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in this week's cabinet meeting again called Cuba a national security threat.

[00:16:51]>> This is what it's like to experience a blackout in the middle of Cuba in the face of this terrible economic crisis that people are enduring here. If you look around, you can see that the blocks of flats behind me, most of them are in pitch blackness. There's a few lights on up there and those are the people who have been lucky enough to charge up a battery or maybe they've got a mobile phone or something to illuminate.

[00:17:28]>> These piles of trash in almost every corner of Havana is just yet another issue Cubans have had [music] to endure.

[00:17:38]>> I love when a black community says let's boycott Asian businesses. Please do.

[00:17:42]>> And did. [music] So here I am at another black-owned business minding my black-owned business. This is Horizon located in Durham and I'm going to let you listen to what the owner and one of their most loyal customers has [music] to say.

[00:17:55]>> All right. Hi, how you doing? My name is Maurice. I've been coming to Horizon for about >> [music] >> You got to spin off gear. How long ago was that now?

[00:18:01]>> Yeah, it's been at least 7 years.

[00:18:03]>> 7 years. So yeah, [music] I came in on cuz I didn't like the lotion on my skin and I needed something different. Friend of mine told me about the location so I went [music] and checked it out and then I bought like I think three bottles of like shea butter that day. My first time trying shea butter that day and I liked it and then I would go for a while and start taking my godchildren. [music] So I got stuff for my mother, friends, and stuff man. They ain't no regular at this point so you know.

[00:18:25]>> Hi.

[00:18:26]>> [music] >> Welcome to Horizon. My name is Val Jackson. I'm a co-owner. We're located in Durham, North [music] Carolina. We are at 4845 Industry Lane, Durham, 27713. [music] We're different from any other place you can go and find customized butters that are customized right here on the spot. We have therapeutic oils you can add like peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen.

[00:18:51][music] We have fragrance oils, wonderful black coconut, lemonade, uh amber [music] white. And then you can also add your other oils that are not therapeutic [music] but more fragrance like You can come in and create your own butter. You can create your body mist that is [music] aloe 15 years. We'd love to have you come in, share the experience [music] with us. And I'm going to turn it over to my co-worker, partner, [music] daughter, love of my life, my only one daughter.

[00:19:33]Number one.

[00:19:33]>> Her favorite daughter.

[00:19:34]>> Her favorite. She's my favorite.

[00:19:37]daughter that is.

[00:19:38]>> [laughter] >> Exactly.

[00:19:40]Hi, I'm Joy. I'm the other half of Horizon.

[00:19:43]Um what makes us different, like my mom was saying, is that you can customize your products. So you come in, it's not cookie cutter, it's not like those big boxes where you just come in and everybody's going to smell like, you know, I don't know. I don't want to say stuff that's any big box fragrance where everybody's going to smell the same. That's not how it goes here. You literally come in and you say, [music] "Okay, I want my shampoo to smell like bananas and lavender." We'll do it for you right on the spot. [music] "I want my body wash to smell like flowers and and and papaya." [music] We can do that right here on the spot. Everything is custom-made right here, right now. Um and that's something that all the big I want to say names so bad.

[00:20:22]>> [laughter] >> That's something that all the big boxes would never do. They would never make one product for one person, and that's what we do here.

[00:20:28]So these are our products. We do butters, we do body washes, we do um shampoos, conditioner, deep conditioner, and we also support other black-owned businesses as well, like True Detergent.

[00:20:40]Um so Um let's see what else. We have the sugar scrubs. Sugar scrubs, pretty much anything for your body, we got it.

[00:20:47]Uh we have Something else we have is our rewards program. So when you come in, every time you shop, every dollar goes to a point, and points add up to discounts and free items. And we always have like a what we call a recycle program. Because not only do we want to have you save money, we want to save the planet. So what you do is you come back, you bring in your container, we refill it, and it's 10% off. And even our aloe water, which is our top seller, you can apply to your your hair or your face as a refresher, but that's 50% off.

[00:21:18]That's unheard of anywhere. You can't do that anywhere to come in and bring in an old bottle and get 50% off. So, we have that as well. You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. We're usually under Horizon or Horizon Beauty.

[00:21:33]>> I had such a great time meeting Val and Joy. They ended up whipping up a customized body butter just for me, and it smells amazing. I can't wait to put it on. Also, I'm going to link Kamel Hurst's information below as well. He's a photographer. So, if you ever need some photography work done, I had a chance to look at his lookbook. He has great work. And I know you guys are waiting for that provider list. It is coming. I do have to do my research first before I put it out there. So, just give me some time. But right now, this series is only focused on beauty supply stores in North Carolina. I will be moving on to nail salons shortly, and that service provider and physician provider list will be up soon. Thank you so much, and don't forget to follow.

[00:22:22]So, look. I know we boycotting and we doing all the things. I randomly got to come to an event at the [music] Koreatown Mall in K-Town.

[00:22:31]So, I know we talk about all the things that we used to have. Our cities got burnt down, and this that and the other.

[00:22:38]But baby, when are we doing it again? When can I walk [music] into a whole mall that's dedicated to my people supporting their own?

[00:22:48]Other communities have been supporting their own for a long, long time.

[00:22:54]We just choose to not do it in various ways. That's whether we not hiring our own people. Right? It's not just about black-owned business. People will get money and white is right. I've seen it in my own eyes. And take a cue from yester old days where we had our own things and black people supported.

[00:23:15]People, let me tell you who you're talking to.

[00:23:18]You're talking to the Gen X black woman born to a man that was that was born in 1927. And every day I went to three of my parents' businesses.

[00:23:30]Actually, got to see a black community rise. 74th and Crenshaw, baby.

[00:23:37]So, I saw what it was like when you get a patronized women's movement. But my daddy had young men be apprentices for him [music] that went on to open up other shops.

[00:23:47]Y'all know where we stopped weren't teaching so many other things that go into the support that y'all talking about we need to do.

[00:23:57]Come get some info.

[00:24:00]Go back and do your history, your research. Go ask people about California in the '70s and '80s in the Crenshaw district where No, it wasn't just the mall [music] park. It was the whole Crenshaw.

[00:24:10]How about it's a black man that owned half of Crenshaw and in Florence right [music] now on the corner?

[00:24:16]Go and learn your history. Go get motivated. Let's teach these young people and I want to see a mall. [music] I don't just want to see no stores.

[00:24:23]They been supporting their own. I don't know where we missed the boat.

[00:24:28]I don't know where we missed the boat, y'all.

[00:24:30]But we did.

[00:24:32]So, I know we fired up about black-owned and all of that, but I'm showing you how it really be.

[00:24:38]I randomly [music] someone They didn't plan a field trip here.

[00:24:41]I got invited to a beauty event.

[00:24:44]I'm a large career town.

[00:24:46]They got it in the Koreatown [music] mall.

[00:24:49]And do So, invite me to your mall, African Americans or whoever you got. What we [music] got? Slauson and Florence, that ain't even ours.

[00:24:57]Like I said, I was born to it, baby.

[00:24:59]Real entrepreneurs every day after school. [music] Google them, ask about it. And what I'm doing is I'm making a footprint to walk and talk what my parents taught. I'mma be back with something. I got some story times and all of that for y'all. Y'all stay tuned.

[00:25:14]>> Cuz I I'm so sorry. Like right now, obviously, like it's a big talk about this murder, this Asian man that he killed a 14-year-old boy, which is horrible. But in response to that, a lot of people are boycotting Asian businesses. And I kind of think that's a little crazy because it's one man's action affecting the whole Asian community. That's okay, generalization.

[00:25:33]Also, a lot of these people are boycotting like nail businesses and stuff. Those people are Vietnamese, not even Chinese, okay? A lot of those people are lower income. They're not the model minority. They're from a third world country. And I'm saying that because I know someone who is literally kind of being affected by this cuz their family owns a nail tech business. And I just think it's a little crazy that it's so, I guess, fine to say this normalization and be like, "Boycott all Asian people because of this one Asian person." Like I'm >> Now, first, um this is not just about the Rick Chao case.

[00:26:05]Um that was pretty much just the straw that broke the camel's back. For decades, black people have been dealing with disrespect from Asian-owned businesses in our communities while they continue to profit from the black dollar. Now, black people are deciding they want to support black-owned businesses. That's not racism. That's just group economics. Um and other groups have been doing that for centuries.

[00:26:30]So, why is it suddenly considered racist when black people want to spend more money in black-owned businesses?

[00:26:38]Um at the end of the day, spending money is a choice. And supporting black-owned businesses is not an attack on anyone else. Um and I keep hearing like how would black people feel um if Asian people boycotted black businesses.

[00:26:55]Now, the Asian community has never really supported black businesses. So, you can't really boycott something you've never supported in the first place. Now, if the black dollar mattered so much to the Asian community, then they should have respected black people when they had the chance.

[00:27:19]And this is exactly what we mean when we say [ __ ] around and find out. Y'all just found out.

[00:27:29]Now, you've spent decades benefiting off of a community while showing such little respect for its people. Don't be shocked now when we decide to take our money somewhere else.

[00:27:50]>> Nobody in there.

[00:27:54]But the gag is, look how many nail shops I went to and less I mean I have It ain't even been 10 minutes. It's not even 10 minutes away. Look at This is the last one. Ain't nobody there. Ain't nobody hanging out. And shout out to all the black folks that standing on business when it comes to this boycott because every Asian store that I passed by today was either completely empty or totally closed. So, shout out to y'all for actually using this opportunity to stand on business.

[00:28:20]>> My grandma always used to say, "People always think the grass is greener on the other side, but you still got to water that shit." And every time I see certain conversations online, I always think about that. I'm seeing some folks say, "Black people shouldn't be boycotting Asian businesses. Y'all going to see what happened to y'all." And I'm like, "What happened to y'all? What happened to us? What happened to y'all?" That's the part that always kind of gets me, right? If black people don't matter, if the black dollar ain't valuable, if black people are doing too much, then stop taking our money. It's really that simple. Go on and get all them other dollars. Open your stores exclusively in communities where you feel like people don't complain, don't protest, and they don't speak up. Since we're such a burden, go and see how much it works out for you. The irony is black people have spent generations fighting for equality, not just for black people, but for everybody. And now a lot of people that benefited from the fight that black people did, they want to say, "Ah, just be quiet and and shut up." But if it wasn't for us, there'd be no you. And now some of the people who benefited from black folks opening those doors act like black people don't bring nothing to the table. And that's why I don't get offended anymore. If you truly believe black people have no value, stand on business. Stop taking the black dollar.

[00:29:45]Stop opening businesses in black neighborhoods. Stop marketing to black consumers. And then just let us know when that little experiment works out.

[00:29:53]Because see, my grandmama also taught me something else. Folks don't appreciate water until the well runs dry.

[00:30:00]>> This is why when y'all say black people can't come together, I just shut my mouth because y'all are showing out on this Asian boycott. Saturday, June the 6th, empty.

[00:30:08]Nail salons, empty. Y'all are showing out. Now, if you recall, he's the one that told us that we couldn't survive without any Asian-owned um you know, uh stores in our community and told us if we did a boycott, he would take away the laundry mats, right? They would not have laundry mats for us as if we don't own washers and dryers in 2026.

[00:30:31]Now, some of you actually seem to be surprised at the Asian community, some of them anyway, that are really thinking that we're ignorant and too ignorant to have our own. Guys, don't forget about 2023. Do y'all remember in 2023 when they ended affirmative action? And that was, in part, to the Asian community. They let themselves be pushed to end affirmative action against the blacks. And people always say against the blacks as if we're the only community and we're the number one community to benefit from affirmative action. We weren't, but that's a discussion for another day. So, in case you didn't know, the Asian American Coalition for Education, along with 60, 6 0, other Asian American groups got together and filed several civil rights law complaints against Harvard, okay? And they supported Students for a fair for fair admissions. Now, if Students for fair admissions sound familiar, hmm, that's because they are the ones who filed these lawsuits that went to the Supreme Court.

[00:31:38]Uh president and fellows of Harvard College and also against University of North Carolina. They combined the two.

[00:31:45]They said that they felt it was so unjust they were expected to perform higher to get into Ivy League colleges, and that's not the case for everyone, i.e., black people. They decided to do it in groups so that they could not no one could pick out a specific Asian American to target. But the fact that there were 60 different groups, along with the Asian American Coalition for Education, speaks volumes. Now, once affirmative action ended, do you think there was a big surge of acceptance um into Ivy League colleges for Asian Americans?

[00:32:19]No, poochi pies. According to the Manhattan Institute, there was a 2% increase across the board of Asian Americans being accepted into Ivy League schools. However, there was a decline in blacks and Hispanic enrollment.

[00:32:35]Like other communities, Asian communities seem to forget that they benefit from all the hard work that the black community has done. And that's okay if you forget. We don't have to remind you because, baby, we just keep doing what we do, which is us. So, I'm proud of all you guys standing in solidarity because they're basically calling us stupid as hell, and we're not. Leave me a comment. Bye, y'all.

[00:32:57]Bye.

[00:32:58]>> It's the man that came on TikTok talking about how black people can go ahead and boycott their businesses, whether it's beauty supply stores and nail salons, and how they can just go over to the white neighborhoods and get money from them. Okay, then go do that. Because if it was so easy for you to be in those neighborhoods, then why weren't you over there to begin with? It's strategically placed for beauty supply stores, nail salons, and liquor stores to be placed in the black community because you know that's where all the money's going to come from. The Asian man that came on TikTok and said what he said is a prime example of why black people are boycotting to begin with. exposing what we've always known, this secret weird hatred, this secret weird animosity towards us when we've done nothing to you. I saw another young lady on TikTok talking about how there was xenophobia that was being pushed towards Asian community when Donald Trump had first got elected and Asians were getting beat up in broad daylight. And she was talking about how when Asians were talking about POC solidarity and black people came to their aid, but now it's shoe on the other foot, they're nowhere to be found. It's our problem and it's our fault. Which is exactly why black people are boycotting because we recognize that we can have solidarity for everybody else, but nobody can have solidarity when it comes to us and our community.

[00:34:00]>> There is not a single group of people that actually want black people to come together and build community without them. You can see history shows that they act like they don't want us around, but get mad when we thrive together without them.

[00:34:19]You can just tell from what was it, a couple weeks ago when Naomi did the the tennis dinner with all the black tennis players, and that was such a topic of conversation as if she needed to explain why she did that because they need to be included. So for that Asian man to get online and call black people poor and incompetent and make it seem like we need him more than they need us, you [ __ ] yourself over, buddy. I found myself in Asian people business and this is what I found out.

[00:34:50]They mad about that boycott.

[00:34:52]Mhm, they real mad about that boycott.

[00:34:55]They saying that if that boy went in that store trying to steal them bottles of water, even though it's been proven so many different times that that boy did not try to steal them bottles of water, he would not have been put on a t-shirt. In fact, mind you, I'm a little messenger, this is exactly what they said. They said that they tired of these [ __ ] and their niggerism. Those are their exact words, okay?

[00:35:17]They also are saying that if y'all are so anti-Asian and y'all don't want to use none of our [ __ ] make sure you don't use nothing made in China, make sure you don't you buy none of our wigs and weaves, don't go to our hair stores, don't go to our restaurants, our corner stores, don't do nothing. They said stay up out of our [ __ ] They said they tired of y'all broke [ __ ] coming in they [ __ ] stealing.

[00:35:40]Then all in the same breath, they're upset that we don't want to be racially profiled every time we want to go and patronize any of these businesses.

[00:35:47]Yeah, they're saying that we're playing the Asian hate card. Although when we are going in these same Asian businesses that are in our communities, we're being followed around. You know, we're being accused of stealing. You know, y'all are trying to enforce these strict ass rules on the people that are quote-unquote supposed to be patronizing our business.

[00:36:06]Then you got the PR princess, the power to the people people, okay? Child, they are going working overtime making video after video how they stand with the black community and they're just so ashamed and you know, that they understand why black people don't want us to patronize Asian businesses, but yet when you're at the dinner table with your mom and dad and y'all grandma and everybody at the table and they're openly being racist, you're not doing or saying anything. You see, your power is the people and you support the black community when black people are in the room, but when black people are no longer in that room, are you still having that same stance and viewpoint?

[00:36:42]Yeah, I didn't think so. But anyways, this is what's going on. Make sure you follow me.

[00:36:47]>> The way y'all keep coming with excuses as to why these nail shops and other Asian businesses and restaurants and stuff are empty. Y'all really don't believe that when black people set their minds to it that they can actually stick to it and make differences. But then again, yes, y'all do. It's why y'all try so hard to convince us like white supremacists have always done for so many years that it doesn't matter when we unify when clearly it does. But to see y'all writing all these excuses, it's a Monday, or it's still too early, or this or maybe just people are standing on their word, black people, and keeping their money in black businesses.

[00:37:30]Bravo, black people.

[00:37:33]Morning, peace. I just wanted to come here real quick to clarify a few things regarding the blackout. Some are calling it the blackout, some are calling it the boycott. I want to first say to the Asians out there who are doing videos um throwing up in black people's faces to stop using Asian products and y'all are calling out the iPhone, for instance, right? Stop using the iPhone.

[00:38:03]I think you guys are confusing made in China or manufactured in China with who actually owns the company.

[00:38:14]So, you say stop using the iPhone. I say the iPhone is only made in China or manufactured in China.

[00:38:25]The person who owns the company is a group of white men. It's It was started by Steve Jobs, a white man, here in the United States.

[00:38:36]Okay? And now it's owned by two two other white men.

[00:38:41]But, yeah, it's made in China. They make the iPhone in China.

[00:38:46]But, yeah, a Chinese person doesn't own it. The same thing with clothes or Jordans. Y'all brought up Nike and Jordans, right? Yeah, it may be manufactured in China, made in China, but Nike is a US-based, a US-owned company.

[00:39:09]Mhm. And Jordan, Michael Jordan, is a black man. Next, y'all keep bringing up about TikTok being a Chinese company.

[00:39:22]Partially true.

[00:39:25]Last year, maybe the year before, TikTok was forced to sell the majority of the business to Larry Ellison, who is He's the owner of the Oracle Group. There's an investment group over here in the United States and in Israel. And I believe one of those Middle Eastern countries is also a part of the group. Yeah, they bought TikTok.

[00:39:55]Yeah.

[00:39:56]They own 80% of the US-based TikTok.

[00:40:03]The Chinese only only owns about 20%.

[00:40:07]So, they are The Chinese are no longer the majority owner of TikTok.

[00:40:14]Yeah, I need for y'all to catch up on on all of this. Next, for all of you Asians that are threatening to boycott black businesses, I wish you the very best of luck with that. Why? [clears throat] Because you all rarely patronize black businesses in the first place.

[00:40:36]Mhm. So, yeah, good luck to you on that. Lastly, to my people, black people, I know you've been putting in work to research black-owned nail salons, black-owned beauty supply stores, even black-owned um liquor stores, or wine and spirits, or anything like that for you to patronize. I know you've been putting in work, but you're going to have to put in just a little bit more work because what the Asians are now doing, when you go to Google a certain businesses, they are putting in their descriptions that the business, their business, is black-owned. They're putting it in the metadata. They are trying to trick black people.

[00:41:27]Okay? So, you're going to have to do a little bit more research to ensure that that nail salon is black-owned, to ensure that that beauty supply store is black-owned.

[00:41:41]And you may find that you Googled one of those businesses, and Google said that this was a black-owned business, and you get into that beauty supply store, and you don't see any black faces in that beauty supply store.

[00:41:56]And then you're going to have to decide if you are going to turn around and walk out, or if you're going to spend your dollars in that supply store or that nail salon.

[00:42:08]I'm hoping that you will turn go and walk out.

[00:42:14]Mhm.

[00:42:15]Black business owners who have websites, put the owner and a picture of the owner. Do uh an about section of the owner. Do a owner spotlight on your website. Make it easy for us to know that this business is black-owned.

[00:42:36]You have black techs, take a picture with your black techs at your nail salon.

[00:42:43]So, we know for sure that we're dealing with a black-owned business.

[00:42:49]Help us out.

[00:42:51]So, that there won't be any questions or any doubt that your business is black-owned.

[00:42:59]Yeah, because they're coming with the trickery.

[00:43:02]That's all I got. I'll see y'all later.

[00:43:04]>> Yeah, and black people, it's more than just boycotting. It's about blacking them out completely. It's about stop allowing them access to the community.

[00:43:11]It's about taking accountability. It's about stop inviting people to the cookout. No to go place, no sharing stories with them. It's about building community. It's about gaining our self-respect back as a collective. It's about gaining respect for each other as a collective. Because this is not centered around them. It's more than just shopping at black businesses or creating more black businesses. It's about building community with other people.

[00:43:35]And it's about creating business with each other. One thing that they have stripped from us as a collective is a simple respect for one another. We can't stop what they already set in motion, but we can take our power back. And they stripped us of community because they don't have community. Their community is centered around racism. And there's no space to be trying to get over on anybody else. Each one teach one. If you got gems or information to drop or share with people, then do it. If you can start making a financial group or investment group with people, do it.

[00:44:04]Let's share this information. Even if it's through messenger, even if it's through offline, let's share this information with each other.