BlueHeeler
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I am sure the Asian shop owners are crying all the way to the bank. 
Marion Barry: We've got to do something about these Asians
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sbmike
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Yup. And only convicted on one count of misdemeanor drug possession. Pitiful.
I'd say "criminal" but apparently that has a different meaning for some folks in DC.
I am sure the Asian shop owners are crying all the way to the bank.
If they earned it honestly, so do I.
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If they earned it honestly, so do I.
The only "dishonest" thing in the asian community, mostly Korean is the "Money Game". lets say its a $10000 pool, you pay in $500 and 6 months latter you get $3000. If you are in the "game" you can take loans from it to open a business or finance business upgrades, thing is you have to pay 25% interest, so iff you borrow $1000 you have a week to pay back $1250, if you do not pay back in week the interest compounds. I can only imagine what happens if you do not pay back ever. Most people i knew just did the "game" as an investment thing none that I knew actually borrowed money.
csanc123
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LimaVictor
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BigSteve57
Ultimate Member
- Feb 14, 2011
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What possible use could these assault weapons have...there's no sporting use so they should be banned.
Ummm yeah. Tell that to the guys on the roof. Bill Clinton wanted to control guns except for "sporting purposes".Bill Clinton 1993:
"It makes the point I've been making all along -- that it doesn't have anything to do with hunting," he said. "My policies don't have anything to do with hunting."
REF:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/28/us/clinton-hunts-making-point-on-guns.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Well, as Eric Holder said back a few years ago, they just want 'what they're entitled to'.........
Or my personal favorite:
"If you don't count the murders, Washington D.C.'s crime rate really isn't that bad."
-- Marion Barry
(Paraphrasing, but very close.)
Ever been to Ward 8? That's where all the crackheads are. They love him.
Biggest racist in DC Govt.
If the Asians didn't open shops in those neighborhoods where would the people shop? They apparently are the only ones brave enough to do it.
ViperRy
Active Member
"Smoke crack, get your job back"
Being half black and half korean, I don't get what marion's problem is.
Man, now I wanna open a combination liquor store dry cleaner in DC...
Man, now I wanna open a combination liquor store dry cleaner in DC...
First, I would like to state for the record I am in no way defending Barry nor am I one of his supporters.
With that statement out the way, I know what Barry meant to say - but my God did he say it in wrong way and using the wrong words.
I grew up in a Ward 8 type environment; Ft. Greene, Brooklyn circa 1980 during the tail end of the heron and heights of crack wars. We had a similar problem with the Spanish bodegas and Korean Grocers.
Let me expand on Mayor Slick Back's myopic comments ...
Not to make sweeping generalizations, but by and large these stores offer sub-standard and low quality and or nutritional value goods in their stores yet charge exploitative prices, knowingly, due to the general lack of access to better goods and stores or sparse availability of them. Not that I would expect anyone here to travel through Ward 8, but it's not as if you're going to find a Fresh Fields/Whole Foods/Harris Teeter and you'll find your typical brand supermarket has lesser variety. Add to this they tend to pepper the community with a plethora of liquor stores and "fried food" spots (Aka: Sh*t Shacks as I call them).
The second and teritiary issues are that they rarely re-invest in the community. Most local - small business will seek to endear themselves to the community and root themselves in a number of different ways. The foreign own businesses only siphon money out of the community and are reluctant to hire from the community except for the most menial positions.
However, this is not a problem isolated to small business. There's a large office complex construction project currently underway in SE DC - I forget who has the contract and what new Federal HQ is being built, but the General contractor is private. This is one of the first (and few) large construction jobs to happen across the Anacostia in almost 20 years. Hundreds of local (i.e. they live in the ward) out of work licensed contractors and experienced tradesmen went to the site to look for work.
General contractor says, in so many words, "Sorry guys, no jobs here to be had." However, the residents noticed more and more new workers showing up with VA and MD license plates on their cars & trucks. The site started being picketed and the contractor began pushing them off a corporate office to fill out applications.
Eventually, it came to light that the general contractor was lying - there were positions to be filled but they were only advertising in VA & MD and essentially purposely ignoring Ward 8, which the residents felt was a slap in the face considering the project was going up in their backyard.
Finally, there's the issue of the general cleanliness and treatment of the customers. Respect and treatment is a two way street of course.
Lol! Apparently you're not aware that the Koreans have essentially put a stranglehold on the sourcing and distribution side of many businesses that cater to the black community and frankly, will not sell, or pair down their offer sheets to anyone other than Korean owned stores.
This practice is completely illegal, with elements of collusion and anti-competitive behavior - but neither the DOJ or the FTC has saw fit to investigate and break-up supply chain.
So it's not necessary a factor of "opening the business" - it's where do you find a stable and consistent supply chain and distributor? Without distro and a strong supply chain with competitive pricing you will be a severe economic and competitive disadvantage.
...sorry for the long winded response, but I felt it would be fair to shine a light on the problem in a more articulate and less inciting manner.
With that statement out the way, I know what Barry meant to say - but my God did he say it in wrong way and using the wrong words.
I grew up in a Ward 8 type environment; Ft. Greene, Brooklyn circa 1980 during the tail end of the heron and heights of crack wars. We had a similar problem with the Spanish bodegas and Korean Grocers.
Let me expand on Mayor Slick Back's myopic comments ...
Not to make sweeping generalizations, but by and large these stores offer sub-standard and low quality and or nutritional value goods in their stores yet charge exploitative prices, knowingly, due to the general lack of access to better goods and stores or sparse availability of them. Not that I would expect anyone here to travel through Ward 8, but it's not as if you're going to find a Fresh Fields/Whole Foods/Harris Teeter and you'll find your typical brand supermarket has lesser variety. Add to this they tend to pepper the community with a plethora of liquor stores and "fried food" spots (Aka: Sh*t Shacks as I call them).
The second and teritiary issues are that they rarely re-invest in the community. Most local - small business will seek to endear themselves to the community and root themselves in a number of different ways. The foreign own businesses only siphon money out of the community and are reluctant to hire from the community except for the most menial positions.
However, this is not a problem isolated to small business. There's a large office complex construction project currently underway in SE DC - I forget who has the contract and what new Federal HQ is being built, but the General contractor is private. This is one of the first (and few) large construction jobs to happen across the Anacostia in almost 20 years. Hundreds of local (i.e. they live in the ward) out of work licensed contractors and experienced tradesmen went to the site to look for work.
General contractor says, in so many words, "Sorry guys, no jobs here to be had." However, the residents noticed more and more new workers showing up with VA and MD license plates on their cars & trucks. The site started being picketed and the contractor began pushing them off a corporate office to fill out applications.
Eventually, it came to light that the general contractor was lying - there were positions to be filled but they were only advertising in VA & MD and essentially purposely ignoring Ward 8, which the residents felt was a slap in the face considering the project was going up in their backyard.
Finally, there's the issue of the general cleanliness and treatment of the customers. Respect and treatment is a two way street of course.
Lol! Apparently you're not aware that the Koreans have essentially put a stranglehold on the sourcing and distribution side of many businesses that cater to the black community and frankly, will not sell, or pair down their offer sheets to anyone other than Korean owned stores.
This practice is completely illegal, with elements of collusion and anti-competitive behavior - but neither the DOJ or the FTC has saw fit to investigate and break-up supply chain.
So it's not necessary a factor of "opening the business" - it's where do you find a stable and consistent supply chain and distributor? Without distro and a strong supply chain with competitive pricing you will be a severe economic and competitive disadvantage.
...sorry for the long winded response, but I felt it would be fair to shine a light on the problem in a more articulate and less inciting manner.
Les Gawlik
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- Apr 2, 2009
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The way to get anyone to invest in your community, or hire you, is to offer skills and attitudes that employers are willing to pay for.
OrangeAgent27
Meow
This. I remember a DC cop saying in one of my CJ courses about Barry "They love him out there. He is a god."
Indiana Jones
Wolverine
"the Jeng Sings, the Wing Kong..they've been fighting for centuries! China is HERE Mr. Burton"
iobidder
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I'm not sure that speaks for all residents that live there.
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gmhowell
Not Banned Yet
"Huh? what does that mean? 'China is here.' I don't even know what the hell that means?"
INMY01TA
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- Dec 29, 2008
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The residents of Ward 8 are free to open their own shop, hire whomever they like, and sell whatever food they like. Laughable as I work in places like this occasionally and most there are not interested in finding work as evident by their appearance, demeanor, and attitude in gemeral.
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