Black-owned businesses stay afloat when they are patronized consistently. Visit the restaurant, book the chef, hire the lawn care service, whatever you want, just spend your money with the black-owned business!
In the book Our Black Year, author Maggie Anderson and her husband embarked on a challenge to only patronize Black-owned businesses for all of– if not most of– their everyday needs for a year straight. Due to systemic barriers, the Anderson family learned that while it is hard to buy strictly black-owned due to lack of proximity to some businesses, it is not impossible. With intention, you too can patronize black-owned businesses year round.