Stacy Abrams wants those companies to stay and fight
I'll trust her judgement when it comes to GA at this point.
I ride with Stacy Adams...but I don't trust a single ONE of those companies. I don't think they would ACTUALLY FIGHT, and if they did "actually fight"...excactly what does "fighting" mean to them and to Stacy?
It must be the Old Skool in me, MoS. But I seriously doubt that these companies would do anything substantive and lasting that would help us in any real way. I don't see them opening up large accounts with Black owned banks, or permanently engaging Black businesses with lucrative long term contracts. I don't see them buying air time on Black media. I don't see them supporting Black owned health clinics, hospitals, HBCU's, elementary to high schools, etc etc. I don't see them employing local rap, dance, dj, etc groups on a regular basis for perennial events. They won't fund exclusively Aggressive Progressive candidates like Stacy in order to overcome The establishment politicians. They won't fund voter drives to throw out racist judges, Sheriffs, etc in Georgia. They won't remove their business from the Conservative muckity-muck owned banks, etc. If they did these things, or signed a legally binding concordat to do such things within two years? I'd be ALL FOR THEM STAYING IN GEORGIA.
But. They won't. Let's not kid ourselves.
However. Moving their business to another state? Would definitely kick the racist muckity-mucks in their tiny testes. It's a one time move that they can do with maximum social media benefit but minimal effort or loss for them. That's something that I see these insincere corporate vampires doing. A shallow gesture with no real substance visavis change for Afrikans are concerned; it's just a shallow gesture that's barely anything beyond gaining them important positive media exposure and goodwill amongst the public masses, the and their move will cause a surge in business to neighboring states. Their absence will put the regime of that contemptible Brian Kemp the Klansman who cheated Stacy aaaand speedily signed into law his Modern Jim Crow law [ that will not be able to stand up to skillful concentrated legal challenges ] in some economic turmoil and will be siezed upon by his political rivals to underscore his incompetence and emphasize their reasons for the need to replace him.
That's why I want these companies to leave.
But I DON'T WANT COOGLER TO LEAVE. Why? Because Coogler WILL ACTUALLY DO GOOD FOR THE UNDERSERVED AFRIKAN COMMUNITY IN GEORGIA. These other companies? Not only WON'T do so, they HAVE A STORIED HISTORY OF NOT DOING SO. The race, housing, healthcare, education, business opportunity, gender wage gaps between Whites, women and Afrikans etc etc? Was created by the old skool and modern day deeply racist socioecopolitical practices similar to the practices of these OTHER TWO companies.
