Soaking Up The Boycott Bucks

Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Tariq Nelson

Someone said: “Every great cause begins as a movement, then becomes a business, then degenerates into a racket”

Race hustlers make a lot of money from companies that fear being labeled as racist. A very nice hustle indeed: keep the people angry in order to keep the cash flowing in…

Anheuser-Busch gave him six figures, Colgate-Palmolive shelled out $50,000 and Macy

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3 Responses to “Soaking Up The Boycott Bucks”

  1. MR, on June 17th, 2008 at 9:33 pm Said:

    With so much money, you would think they’d have a nice website, but it still stuck in the 90s.

    http://www.nationalactionnetwork.net/

  2. abu ameerah, on June 18th, 2008 at 2:36 pm Said:

    Though I’m not a fan of Rev Al … I still admire the guy for taking a stance on issues related to his community (AA community). However misguided or full of hot hair he may sound at times … he still has the guts to put it all on the line, so to speak.

    Sometimes, I wish more Muslim leaders (in the US) would take a courageous stance on issues that impact us (and I’m not talking about Palestine either) …

  3. Atif, on July 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm Said:

    Assalamu’alaykum
    So what is the lesson that is to be derived from this article?
    Are we to take up such tactics (such as harassing and threatening companies) to advance any causes we have?
    Please explain.

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