> i know we do.
>to market something to black folks u have to ghetto-ize it,
>throw some hip hop flava up in dea', have em shakin' and
>gettin' krunk in the shows/commercials, have a black woman
>shake her fat ass in the twix commercial, have some negroes in
>braids using ebonics in a mcdonalds commercial...IT WORKS!!

you may be playing devil's advocate, but in all seriousness. in 1919, oklahoma (tulsa) was known around the states for having a separate but equal black market that thrived (there was a ton of shit that went down that year, riots in chicago, mass lynchings, the list goes on..). hypothetically, if the black (target) market were to split from the white (general) market - on a separate but equal status reminiscent of malcolm and marcus' call for a separate state, and blacks maintained business by keeping money in the community. all things being equal (in terms of access to mass mediums and technology) do you think that these sale points, that you stand behind in the above quote, would exist? would an autonomic black sales force present these images to the black community and expect to thrive?

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