Alcohol more available in poor, black areas (the title alone is pure fluckery!)
I came upon this article in my daily perusal of electronic media periodicals of noteworthy news events – in other words NIGRAS; I was at work looking on the internet as usual. Needless to say I was shocked, disheartened & could not BELIEVE that such marketing practices are used in the hood!!! NO!!! I cried. I immediately called the Obama campaign headquarters because as the 1st black president this issue will surely be tops on his list.

A University of Minnesota study of 10 cities, including Boston, has found that alcohol, especially malt liquor (Schlitz Bull Anyone, Old English, 8-Ball, Old Milwaukee – some of yall prolly got this $hit in your fridge right now. If you don’t I bet your Grandma do), is more widely available in poor, black
Neighborhoods. (You don’t say? Get the fluck out of here!! I can’t believe that. Obama gone change that $hit)

The study, released yesterday, found that poor (define poor- do they mean white people poor or black people poor? Cause yall know there are different degrees of economic measurement in the hood. If a Nigra got a Cadillac & a car wash tent on the side of his house then “they got money” by hood standards) neighborhoods with high concentrations of African-Americans (Did they perchance visit the trailer park down the road & the haciendas?) had significantly greater than average numbers of liquor stores (obviously this writer missed Furious’ speech in Boys-n-da Hood.), 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor in coolers, and storefront ads promoting malt liquor (Now at this point I find this $hit almost too funny to continue a commentary!!! Everyone IN THE HOOD knows there is a Wang Lee, Abdul and Uncle Jim’s on every corner. It’s a prerequisite to reaching the American Dream.)

"It wasn't overly surprising, as I think there's been anecdotal evidence to suggest that," said Rhonda Jones-Webb, the study's principal investigator. "We are one of the first to systematically document that. (You think that may be the reason YT killed King 40 years ago on this date cause they thought he was gone be the first to “systematically document” this $hit?)

Some local activists said yesterday that liquor stores are preying on the poor (Now with this I MUST disagree. If you are POOR and ain’t got no money for groceries, books, soap etc. Should you be carrying your black @ss to the liquor store every 15 minutes for a can of Bull? I think not. But don’t worry, Obama gone stop this $hit too as soon as he is elected.). "Start at the intersection of Dudley Street and Blue Hill Avenue and go all the way to Mattapan. . . . (In our case take a stroll down Benning Road, Minnesota, Alabama, or any random street in NE. Branch Avenue, Temple Hills you name it. Largo & Mitchleville they not that close together ‘cause yall know they got them bourgie Nigras out there) There's more liquor stores than churches," said the Rev. Shaun Harrison, who works to keep youths out of gangs at Project GO (Gang Out).

A spokesman for the state's liquor store industry disputed the findings and pointed out that applications for new stores are reviewed by state and local
Agencies. (Did they actually think that YT was gone admit that they rubber stamp all the applications for the black neighborhood. But see people, like Bill Cosby say if you take your @ss to the city council meetings you might prevent some $hit. You can’t complain if you “cain’t go to no meeting cause VH1 is showing a Flava of Love marathon & you GOTS to see ole girl $hit on the steps cause you missed it the first time” while drinking your ice cold Colt 45 next to your main man with his Billy Dee waves in full effect. MFR cold blooded)

Malt liquor is of particular concern, the university researchers said, because of its high alcohol content and the fact that its 40-ounce containers are sold cold for immediate consumption at a low price.(Hung K Kim knows to keep that $hit right cause ain’t nothing like a Nigra finding a hot For-taay in your store. That $hit will damn near start a riot & bring out the NAACP for sho with protest of how the beer in the YT neighborhoods stay cold.) The study found the average 40 ounce bottle cost just $1.87, less than a gallon of milk. (Yep it’s cheaper to pour a For-taay over them dry as Capn’ Crunch instead of whole vitamin A&D. I better call the pension fund so Lady Flower can tell her Aunt Sticky Thumb to stop stealing celery out the grocery store.)

"It's cheaper than pot, cheaper than crack," (not to mention legal & taxable-understand the government game people. But Obama gone change that $hit) said Horace Small, executive director of the Union of Minority Neighborhoods, which has offices in
Roxbury and Jamaica Plain.

Small said malt liquor sales are a contributing factor to the myriad problems that impoverished communities face. "You're more prone to have a chip on your shoulder when you've got two bottles of that ($hit) ... in you," he said (is he telling us something we DON’T know? It never fails when cousin Ro-Eatha & Uncle Kee-on-Tae & Junni Boy hit that Bull it’s about to be on. The family cookout is over once them Nigras done had too many For-Taaays. Of course this never happens out Bowie – that’s the bourgie black folk & they don’t invite Mama ‘nem family to the cookouts”

While upper- and middle-class neighborhoods are likely to organize against such businesses (16th street, Bowie, Montgomery County – you know the bourgie areas), Harrison said, poor and minority communities, long ago disenfranchised, are not likely to put up much of a fight (poor should not mean lazy)

"It's a setup," (LOL!!! It’s always a set up by the man when we don’t do what WE supposed to do!! If Pookie can protest BET Uncut being pulled off the air – then.. ….nuff said) he said. Policy makers "know they're poor; they know there's violence. Why do they have to put another liquor store in there?" (I’ma call Obama & ask him to call Passa Wright)

In the early 1990s, Small organized efforts to combat drug- and alcohol-related nuisance problems in inner-city Philadelphia. He said he would like to see the same happen here in Boston

"We've got smoking cessation programs, sex awareness programs, but no one is focusing on fortified liquor consumption and its impact on communities,"
He said.

"This should be the kind of thing the City Council should at least hold a
hearing on." (and who will show up? Ms Jenkins maybe? Certainly not Peanut & Po-Kwon nem)

Peter Kessel, president of the Massachusetts Package Stores Association, said he does not believe that poor neighborhoods in Boston have more liquor stores than some more well-to-do neighborhoods.(at this statement I had to stop writing & run to the bathroom from laughing so hard. YT need to cut it out. He bout as truthful as Hillary describing how she ran from the sniper fire). He stressed that as state and local agencies review applications for new liquor stores they consider the number already operating in that neighborhood, (in other words – give the Nigras all the liquor stores they need so they won’t drive cross the railroad tracks over here.) as well as input from residents during public hearings.

"Discretion is exercised to protect the public from an overabundance of stores" in considering a store's application, Kessel said. "We are very proud of the system we have here in Massachusetts - it's based on public need (Obviously POOR BLACK FOLK need more liquor to drown out the fact they Bey Bey got locked up again. Shequisha lost her job at McDonalds cause they hired another Spanish girl – who by the why realizes it it is YOUR fault if you don’t get to work on time regardless of the bus being late –but I digress. Plus Devon got suspended for 10 days cause he told his teacher to “bow down biach and shake it like a salt shaker” If I had to deal with this & couldn’t pay light bill or get Shae Shae them limited edition Jordans I’d get drunk too)

Kessel, a liquor store owner himself, also questioned whether malt liquor is more problematic than other alcoholic beverages, pointing out that hard
liquor, such as vodka, has higher alcohol content. He also said the types of liquor sold in a package store reflect the tastes or preferences of residents in
that particular neighborhood. "You're not going to market a $100 bottle of Dom if no one is going to buy it," he said (now THIS statement was the kicker to me. Translation “You know damn well a Nigra ain’t buying no Dom unless it’s a dope boy” You have to admit the man got a point. I mean you wouldn’t sell Chitterlings – per say – in Georgetown or McLean now would you?)

Needless to say I have voiced my concern to Obama and asked him to add “No Mo Po Liquor Sto” slogan to his campaign. There may end up being some initial backlash from certain segments of the Community but if he could get Rev Rhyme to spit a verse on it & Rev Perm to hint at a protest march Po Folk might stand a chance.

OBAMA FOR CHANGE!!!