Support black websites and businesses. Make sure you investigate the websites you do business with and attend regularly. It's all too easy for a white person to come along and create a website and target black audiences. We have to do better than that! We have a right to be suspicious and ask questions that effect us as a black community. We have a right to join and become a part of black social networks as the resources are lacking. We have a right to move forward.
Who owns Atlanta Black Star? This isn't going to be another rant about how all the major black social sites are owned and operated by white people... changed my mind. It is going to be exactly about that.
So I started running into these cool and fascinatingly descriptive stories about black people and our struggles. I have to admit, I was on the Atlanta Star bandwagon myself. Then some stories just didn't feel right. I noticed the content about black history was there, but then I realized that somehow it seemed white washed. But that couldn't be. It was a black owned website right? Yes it was, however, I was entitled to ask to speculate and make certain of it. Tired of black people simply being targeted by media that tries to appeal to the black audience just to make certain that white people still control what black people think and how they respond. Tired of black people simply being targeted by white media that either wants to control us or sell us something. It's time that black people become more aware!
Neil Nelson is a co-founder of Atlanta Blackstar, and is responsible for strategy, growth, development and operation.
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Black people control nothing when it comes to black social networks. Nothing! A few fly by night websites that garner no attention at all. There has to be a movement for this. We need black media to get established. You guys have no idea how important this is! Join Nubian Planet! I promise, it's a really cool website and it's sociable too. Make friends and express yourself there, as well as all your other white owned networks. Not telling you to throw them away, just make space for NubianPlanet.com so it can evolve into something really special. They can't grow the website without your support. It's growing guys, but this is something that we need to grow faster! It's time for change and it's time for black people to wake up! Please join me in this movement! The black social network movement!
Successful entrepreneur, Co-founded and developed several digital media properties and web products using search engine optimization and social network marketing. Used SEO and content aggregation to grow Dimewars.com to nearly 30 million unique visitors in under 2 years. Developed agency like "Brand as publisher' service to help AT&T connect with hard to reach consumer segment. Founded Atlanta Blackstar and grew it to be one of the largest digital media property targeting the African-Americans in under 3 years.I have been contacted by Neil Nelson directly and he is black. However, as black people we must ask ourselves these questions and not be afraid to ask these questions. We need to know who we are supporting and what these people stand for. It is in our best interest to know. Websites such as Blackpeoplemeet.com, Blackplanet.com and many others are not black owned and before we support these establishments, we must confirm them as a power move to uplift our people and truly be supportive of black media.
Atlanta Black Star is back on my good list and I was happy when I was contacted and able to confirm that the website was black owned.
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