How come there is an EXTREME Lack of Support for "Black Owned" Businesses?

I focus on Veteran Owned Business and help all veterans and family members start their own business in my chosen industry, regardless of race.

As others have said, there are programs, resources and classes available for minorities, women and veterans to start their own business. Labeling my business as Veteran Owned has been beneficial. However, I suspect labeling a business as Mexican owned, Black owned, White owned, Asian owned etc. would tell me they prefer doing business with those people exclusively. But that's just me.

I don't know. But if I could have invested with that woman who made cosmetics for women of color. I would have. Now she corners that market.

I would think many "black owned" businesses would belong to small business (assuming they are small) organizations and would get some exposure through them. Not all "black owned" businesses are small.

A few years ago I met with a company called WWT headquartered/near in St Louis. The gentleman that owned the company was black. He was also highly successful and his company is the largest black owned business in the country. Why, because his company is very good at what they do. His name is David Steward and I spent some time with him and caught a Cardinals game in their suite. He is a very humble, capable and a spiritual man. He also has a presence when he enters a room, you know who he is. He also wrote a book called "Doing Business by the Good Book". I have a signed copy of his book as well. It is a great story about a guy that did it the right way.

I think that is something that has to do with the area in which the business is in or the potential customer base. I don't think there is anything wrong claiming that. My wife is half Creole. Creoles from Louisiana have an unique culture. So when someone says they have Creole Food and they are not Creole we won't go there. I don't think this is racist by any means. But if the sign say Creole Owned I would I might try it out. This is the same for me. I am Portuguese. If I could I would frequent Portuguese establishments if there were any where I live at.

But what you so often find is a lack of community or a false sense of community in areas. If someone claimed a Black Owned business, good for them. We claim to have Veteran Owned businesses. I don't see the difference really. I see it as a sense of pride. Without getting to far into the weeds in some of the predominantly African American areas in cities you don't find much opportunites. I would say the same about the predominantly white areas in the Tennessee where they are coal mines.

Regardless of their ethnic group or what they want to be identified as they should be able to claim what they want. Now if they overboard and frown on another group then it turns into something completely different.

Not enough know about them or care to do so. I'm doing my part.
https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/businesses-improving-the-black-community
https://jtspratley.com/blog/black-owned-compression-shorts-businesses-champ-boxers-and-drawlz
https://jtspratley.com/blog/black-owned-tech-businesses
https://jtspratley.com/blog/black-owned-workout-shoes-businesses-enda-and-negash83

Let me know if you have any experience with any others.

For those curious about why I care about this, read the blog I've shared here:
https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/complex-layers-of-racism

Never cared about their race. Can they deliver what I need, when I need it, with decent quality, service and price? I don't need any more information than that.