We've read stats showing that Blacks have a buying power of $1.2 Trillion dollars and that Black women are starting businesses at a faster rate than any other group, but is this enough to change the economic inequalities that plague Black neighborhoods? Mandy Bowman discusses how it's time to focus on creating and supporting Black businesses to build long term/generational wealth.

Mandy Bowman is the Founder of Official Black Wall Street and the Social Media Manager at Essence Magazine. With a deep-rooted passion for all things social media, entrepreneurship, and Black culture, Mandy has worked tirelessly to empower and support Black entrepreneurs through her digital platform and Black business directory, Official Black Wall Street. When she isn't working to fuel Black businesses through the Official Black Wall Street platform, she is volunteering as a mentor to inner city students and creating social strategies.

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Meet the Black couple and serial entrepreneurs who opened their city's first Black-owned shopping center, Kingdom Corners.

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In today's video, I discuss Keith Lee's Atlanta visit and the black-owned business discourse.

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0:00 - Keith Lee hits Atlanta
3:57 - Is it a Black businesses thing?
10:05 - The Popeyes Effect
15:09 - Hair Stylists
20:42 - What Now?

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Study shows blacks tip less -- but they may have good reason
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The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold
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Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads; Hair Stylists From Africa Arrive, Driving Down Prices
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HYPE+ - It's been heavily talked about, black owned businesses would trend in recent years due to several incidents of injustice around the country. But why haven't black people themselves been fully on-board with supporting their own businesses? For a special HYPE+ report, Tatiana Le'Joy brings the facts. Instagram: @ComedyHype & Twitter: @ComedyHype_

In this flashback episode of The Gauds Show with:

Ray Daniels (@raydaniels)
@agirlfromharlem
@juju_McLean
@DinaMarto

This episode hits even harder now, as Wallo’s now-viral message from Million Dollaz Worth of Game and Mandii B’s unfiltered commentary on her show Selective Ignorance are dominating the conversation around Black businesses, customer service, and cultural expectations.

With Wallo’s viral video reminding entrepreneurs that customer service is currency, and Mandii B’s recent viral moment on Selective Ignorance saying, “I’m not supporting bad service — Black or not,” this conversation just became the most important one on the internet.

And guess what?

Ray Daniels was already saying it.

In this flashback episode of The Gauds Show, Ray joins @agirlfromharlem, @juju_McLean, and @DinaMarto to break down the uncomfortable but necessary truth: Subscribe to ​⁠@RayDanielsPresents

Supporting Black businesses doesn’t mean excusing bad service.

Direct Quotes from Ray
• 🧠 “I’ve worked in both Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s — and the difference wasn’t the food, it was the ATTITUDE.”
• 🔥 “Black people have the worst customer service in the f***ing world — and it’s killing our own economy.”
• 🧩 “If you don’t respect my time, my energy, and my money — don’t expect me to respect your hustle.”
• 💬 “Support is earned. Loyalty is built. Skin tone can’t carry poor execution.”
• 📉 “You can’t keep asking people to ‘Buy Black’ and deliver worse than your competitors.”
• 🚫 “Stop expecting sympathy — start delivering excellence.”

What This Episode + Viral Moment Tackles
• 🎤 Why Wallo’s clip struck a nerve — “You’re losing customers because you don’t understand how to serve people.”
• 🎙️ What Mandii B actually said — “I’m not buying into guilt marketing. If your service is trash, I’m walking.”
• 🧠 The false loyalty that keeps Black businesses stuck
• ⚠️ The difference between support and standards — and why one doesn’t cancel the other
• 🧱 The real solution: train your staff, love your customers, protect your brand
• 💡 How Ray Daniels predicted this cultural reckoning before it became viral

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Philadelphia has declared every Friday in December “shop black businesses Fridays,” and by now I’m sure we’ve all seen “black creators” highlighted on platforms like Netflix and Hulu, or “black-owned brands” given special placement in stores like Target. Personally, I can’t think of a worse way to bring in the holiday season than openly advocating for segregation, but maybe that’s just me. Let’s talk about it.

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It can be difficult for any business to succeed, but Black entrepreneurs have historically faced unique challenges. Despite, buy-black campaigns, grants, and other resources, 8 out of 10 Black-owned businesses fail within the first 18 months. So why do Black entrepreneurs continue to lag behind whites and other minority groups in terms of market share, and what will it take to keep them in business?

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Kansas City's Lincoln College Prep Academy was the site of a student walkout as the group protested and said they felt unsafe at the school.

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Lincoln Middle closed its doors in 2010, but soon students will once again walk the halls. The former Lincoln Junior High will soon be transformed into Lincoln Middle School.

Student athletes at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy in Kansas City, Missouri, brought home championships across multiple sports in honor of a classmate who has been fighting for his life.

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