I agree with historian John William Templeton, who created National Black Business Month in 2004, but I disagree that it should be celebrated in only one month. I offer this: Black business should be celebrated 12 months a year because we must circulate the money into our communities like others do with theirs. We show our support with our dollars.
Let’s address the proverbial elephant in the room: The social media and media conversation about diversity and inclusion in beauty can sometimes feel stagnant, repetitive, and staged to benefit white-owned and white-run beauty brands and the corporations that own them.
It’s just like in Hollywood business circles, where companies willingly leave billions of dollars of profit on the table rather than step in and help grow a community of storytellers of color: When it comes to investments in beauty brands, they have historically provided just enough to get them started but not enough to support their growth.
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