As we move forward in year two thousand, we must begin to put black dollars through black hands. We as a race spend nearly $700,000,000,000 (7 hundred billion dollars) annually. African American spend billions on entertainment, but those dollars spent does not yield a return to the community.

How can we get some of those dollars spent on entertainment back into our community? The answer is simple. Buy your entertainment product through black hands. With the advent of the Internet and shopping online, there is a way.

E-commerce, or buying online can allow the African American consumer to put black dollars through black hand, thus creating wealth within the community. This puts the responsibility on us as responsible business minded blacks to put some of those dollars back.

Will you commit? Will you do what is right?

Spike Lee's movie "Do The Right Thing," is the best way to say it! Take control, and set examples for our youth. Kwame Ture said, ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE!, Malcolm said, "By any means Necessary". Its up to you, and you alone. Whether you are in pleasantville (AOL), or a true Internet surfer, the time is NOW!

Send us an e-mail. Let us know you understand and will participate.

If you have a website, you can be a conduit and provide access to a music entertainment database that directs black dollars too and through black hands. Go to http://www.ownedbyblacks.com and submit your logo. In the subject of your message, ask how you can participate in the Entertainment E-commerce program. Also, use this website as a gateway as well. Click on Music Search Page to access the database. You will be able to search for any product available by typing in the product name. We look to hear from you.

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