least one brother demands the mic so that he can tell us that “What Black people need to do is support Black businesses. If we would just pool all our resources and stop spending money on Jordans and hair weaves, we could have real wealth to invest in our communities.” The research says differently. Black people at every level spend less money than white folks in similar economic circumstances. It turns out that the entire respectability formula for raising Black socioeconomic status is a fail.
