injustice boycott

[kicks]

I never signed up because I knew you all would keep me in the loop. I wasn't holding my breath.
So did you all get an email that basically said plans are tbd?

[bimbi284]

Glad I'm not the only one. All this talk about action and I'm still not sure what the action is other than not traveling to those places for vacay and closing accounts at certain banks they they will announce at some point.

I wish he would have linked to the actual demands made by community activists in the target areas rather than being vague about it.

I am seriously underwhelmed by the whole thing.

[threejs]

I was just coming in here to post about this. Given all of the criticism he's gotten lately, I thought he would have really come correct with this. He's calling for a full tourism boycott of NYC and San Francisco? Through MLK Day? Right before the holidays? Is he serious?

Does he have any followers anymore? I haven't stayed in the loop, but my extremely woke (lol) cousin has been bashing him left and right on FB lately.

[sunshine608]

Dec 5, 2016 13:15:44 GMT -5 threejs said:

I was just coming in here to post about this. Given all of the criticism he's gotten lately, I thought he would have really come correct with this. He's calling for a full tourism boycott of NYC and San Francisco? Through MLK Day? Right before the holidays? Is he serious?

Does he have any followers anymore? I haven't stayed in the loop, but my extremely woke (lol) cousin has been bashing him left and right on FB lately.

They have until MLK day to meet the demands of "local activists" which it would have been nice to include them in the email. Then if the cities and the business don't meet the demands, then we are supposed to boycott the cities. ( or that's my understanding of it)

I signed up to be informed when he first announced it just got the email and feel very underwhelmed.

[sweetday]

Everything sunshine608 said.

[andwhat]

I thought it was just me, but when I read it I was like what does this mean?

[redwino]

I too am underwhelmed. There was a list of banks that fund the dpl. He's asked that people remove their money and close their accounts. He said including loans but I don't know how that works. I can't call Chase and say I'm removing my mortgage can I? I may have misunderstood that part.

[AJL]

So there is no boycott...yet. Right now, NYC and SF have 43 days to comply with local activists' demands on police brutality. If those cities don't meet those demands, then the boycott will start.

SF and NYC have until MLK, Jr. day to get their shit together or the boycott starts. Or so that's what I've read.

ETA: Never mind. Note to self - read the entire thread before posting. Rookie mistake.

Anyway, I'm underwhelmed and don't see this as having much impact.

[andwhat]

Dec 5, 2016 16:36:55 GMT -5 redwino said:

I too am underwhelmed. There was a list of banks that fund the dpl. He's asked that people remove their money and close their accounts. He said including loans but I don't know how that works. I can't call Chase and say I'm removing my mortgage can I? I may have misunderstood that part.

I will not be moving my mortgage. Simply because I know I will not get the rate I have now. So saying just up and move your loans isn't that easy. I do still want to move my money to a black bank, but I have been lazy on that front. A lot of the things he is proposing are easier said than done. I have a budget, I can't just go and spend 20-30% more for everything so I can buy it from a black owned place. Yes, that sucks. But that is the reality.

[redwino]

Dec 6, 2016 8:39:18 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Dec 5, 2016 16:36:55 GMT -5 redwino said:

I too am underwhelmed. There was a list of banks that fund the dpl. He's asked that people remove their money and close their accounts. He said including loans but I don't know how that works. I can't call Chase and say I'm removing my mortgage can I? I may have misunderstood that part.

I will not be moving my mortgage. Simply because I know I will not get the rate I have now. So saying just up and move your loans isn't that easy. I do still want to move my money to a black bank, but I have been lazy on that front. A lot of the things he is proposing are easier said than done. I have a budget, I can't just go and spend 20-30% more for everything so I can buy it from a black owned place. Yes, that sucks. But that is the reality.

I realized later that refinancing with another bank is how you move loans. I've been pestering DH for over a year to refinance our house so we may look into that. We also have some credit cards through a couple of the banks listed which we can be mindful about using.

[bimbi284]

Got an email today which included an action step.

Apparently now there will be small actions to take each day of "phase 1".

For today, the action is to tweet at NYC mayor asking him to fire Daniel Pantaleo.