What Is Blackout Day 2020? Everything to Know About the July 7 Boycott Urging People to Not Spend

[catfish1957]

https://money.com/what-is-blackout-day-2020/


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Blackout Day 2020, taking place on Tuesday, July 7, is a call to action to unite Black people in economic solidarity. In a video posted May 8, 2020, the event’s founder, Texas-based Calvin Martyr, asked for Black people in America for one day to not spend a dollar — “not online, not on Amazon, no fast food places, no restaurants, no stores.”

In a video on Instagram summarizing Blackout Day, Martyr asked that if participants must spend money, that they spend it with Black-owned businesses exclusively.
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Just when you thought racism couldn't get any worse.  I personally am going to spend up a storm today!!!!!  I invite everyone else to do the same.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Thanks for the notifications.

It turned me into deciding to make a few large purchases a little early.

[LMAO]

 I’ve never seen where any of these actually worked

[catfish1957]

I’ve never seen where any of these actually worked

You are right.  However, I can remember back in the '70's and '80's, blacks would celebrate Juneteeth by stocking up on $2 bills and spending them to let retailes know of their impact.  Much much better symbology and effectiveness