There’s nothing like
Standing idly by as an interloper buys the block,
only to disrespect it.
Who invited you?
Told you you can set up shop, sell us cancer sticks and candy,
while openly calling us food stamp cockroaches?
You must be so proud. And so ignorant
to berate us with disrespect and expect a payment for it.
To hear, “I don’t give a f*%k about the Black neighborhood!”
is to receive a slap in the face.
If you didn’t want me us to patronize you, you could have said it politely…
But you wanted the money, huh? Too bad!
A lot of us are waking up to the truth that the Black dollar is the final authority,
like “Dean, Big Brother Almighty!”
And we won’t tolerate the injustices within the places of business that we frequent,
because we have the buying power, ya dig?
Or did you miss the memo?
In December of 2020, video footage of an East Atlanta Indian Gas station clerk expressing his blatant disregard for the Black community began to circulate the internet. I learned of this injustice through the 85 South Show podcast featuring Karlous Miller and his guest Scapegoat Jones who recounted the tale. He told Miller that after directly confronting the store clerk, he was told to, “Get out you food stamp cockroach”. It was shortly after this, that Jones started the Don’t Stop Don’t Shop (DSDS) organization, which headed the boycott against the racist Exxon establishment in East Atlanta. The boycott lasted for 60 days and caused the owner to decide to sell. This was a major win for the community and it is Jones’ hope to continue this winning streak by buying the gas station to generate wealth within the community as well as a means of inspiring other members of the Black community to take interest in owning property and businesses within the area. He is steadily raising funds to buy the gas station via gofundme, so whether you are located in the East Atlanta area or not, if you want to support this vision, please donate today and share the link with others. Help them buy back the block, one establishment at a time.
Karma Compass 
This is so deep. Girl, we’re about to tell the truth about this ugly racism and systemic oppression on our necks. What’s more, we’re taking back our streets, our stores, our government with every step. Awareness to this issue is important, and we must re-invest in ourselves if we want to see change. We need to form cooperatives to put food in our food-desert communities so we can eat to live and thrive. Enough crumbs from the master’s table. I got my own table, and oven and…
Thank you!! and well said. It starts with us and it ends with us