One of the best ways that minorities can become empowered, figures the NYT, is to exclusively patronize minority-owned businesses, which also means boycotting white ones: Should black people go out of their way to patronize black-owned business? Maggie Anderson says they should. For Ms. Anderson, buying black presented multiple challenges. She purchased gas from a black-owned Citgo gas station 35 miles away from her home in Oak Park, Ill. Because that was inconvenient, she eventually bought gas cards from a black-owned store and used them at a station near her home. Finding a black-owned grocery store, bank and other establishments was more challenging than she had expected. I wonder how she did it.  Did she walk into every grocery store and say, "Excuse me, I am black and I am looking to shop in a black-owned store. Before I decide whether to shop here, can you tell me if the owners of this establishment have the same racial makeup as I do?" A study...(Read Full Post)