A grocery chain has 3 stores that are all equidistant from us. A black one, a latino one and a brand new one in the white part of town.

My girl likes the white one, which I get because it is really nice, up-to-date and modern. It's bigger and offers more things. I don't mind hitting it occasionally but I didn't want to bail on the black and latin stores.

She understood the argument but then made a point: Nearly all the employees at the white store are black & latin. So by shopping there, aren't we supporting their employment?

So when thinking of black business, I think there are varying degrees of importance between ownership, employees and customers.