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>https://twitter.com/search?q=%23blackxmas&src=typd > >https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/1844898/blm-chapter-promotes-blackxmas-to-counter-white-supremacy/ > >The Los Angeles branch of the Black Lives Matter collective is >promoting a “Black Christmas,” an effort to encourage >African Americans to do their holiday shopping at Black-owned >businesses as a way to resist White supremacy, Newsweek >reported. > >The Black Christmas, or #BlackXmas, urges Blacks to divest >from White corporations by not spending their money at those >businesses from Nov. 24 through New Year’s Day 2018. >President Donald Trump is the embodiment of White capitalism. >“If you are anti-Trump, you should hold back your resources >from him and the like,” the website states. It also >encourages the community to donate to Black community-based >organizations during the holidays. > >SEE ALSO: Here Are More Than 100 Black-Owned Businesses To >Support On Cyber Monday, And Forever > >In 2016, BLM launched an online interactive map of Black-owned >businesses, in partnership with ad agency J. Walter Thompson >New York. The Google maps-based directory includes nonprofits >and online stores. The vision is for BackingBlackBusiness.com >to become the largest most accessible directory of Black-owned >businesses. “Black-owned business have long been a staple in >the Black community providing jobs, economic security and >somewhere for us to go and feel seen and safe,” Black Lives >Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors said in a statement. “In >these uncertain times, we need these places more than >ever.”