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Black-Owned Companies to Support Right Now

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I've seen a lot of roundups of Black-owned companies to support right now, so I thought we could collect some here — if you've seen any great roundups (or are supporting specific companies more right now because of their owners or their response), please feel share them in the comments!

  • 51 Black-Owned Brands to Support Today and Every Day [Marie Claire]
  • Black-Owned Fashion Brands and Boutiques to Support Now and Forever [Who What Wear] 
  • 15 Black-Owned Beauty Brands We Love [Harper's Bazaar]
  • Ultimate 2019 Gift Guide from Black-Owned Businesses: Clothing, Jewelry & Accessories [Black Enterprise]
  • How to Support Black-Owned Restaurants in Your Community (round-up of apps and resources) [Food & Wine]
  • Black-Owned Restaurants and Businesses You Can Support Right Now [Entrepreneur]

  • Black-Owned Food Brands You Can Support Right Now [Eat This Not That]
  • 58 Black-Owned Businesses in the Home Space To Support [Apartment Therapy]
  • Black-Owned Businesses on Etsy [Etsy]  (actually, this list looks better)
  • 11 Black-Owned Vegan Businesses To Support that Ship Nationwide [VegOut]
  • 12 Black-Owned Bookstores You Can Support Right Now [BuzzFeed News]

If you're involved with supply chain issues at your company and can shout out some Black-owned office supply companies or companies with corporate gift selections please share them below! (Also, try Googling “Black-owned businesses [Your City] — some cities have websites that list local Black-owned businesses.)

Readers, have you seen any great roundups, or are you supporting any specific companies right now? 

29 Comments

  1. For the knitters, Bayron Handmade is a black pattern designer who has some beautiful designs.

  3. My SO for Christmas gave me a computer tote/lunch bag combo from MinkeeBlue, a black woman-owned business. It’s been great – roomy, sturdy and attractive. He gave his engineer daughter a MinkeeBlue backpack, and she loves hers, too. The brand inlcudes vegan leather options (which I have, I don’t use leather).

  4. For cosmetics, I love the following brands:
    The Lip Bar, Mented Cosmetics, Beauty Bakerie

    Also shameless plug – I am a Black woman and I have a handmade knitwear shop on Etsy. I’m currently stocking for fall/winter & I also take commissions! Please favorite and give me a look as we get closer to winter weather –
    http://www.etsy.com/shop/jtmknits

    3. Your things are beautiful, I love the seed stitching. I marked you as a favorite and will go back when I can begin to think about cold-weather things again. (It was cold here a few days ago, then last week it hit 90 – furnace and AC both used in the same week.)

      And I am sending extra love and support to you in Minneapolis.

      1. Thank you! And if you have thoughts on something you’d like for the fall, please reach out! I’m happy to make something custom for you.

    4. The Lip Bar is INCREDIBLE! I am only wearing their lipsticks from now on. I appreciate that they do shades on all skin tones. Also, Fenty in regards to beauty.

      1. And I’m glad to see the Lip Bar also carries other makeup products! I’m sorry that lip makeup is going to be a tough market, for at least a while (it’s the only makeup I wear, for years, now– when I do wear makeup).

  5. I emailed a black colleague I like but am not super close to checking in and asking how she’s doing. She responded with a really frustrated/angry-ish email about how mad and tired she is about everything going on right now. I want to hit the right note in my response but I’m not sure what to say. I’m half black and I don’t know if she knows that, and also I’m really not good at things involving feelings so I think the response I would want probably isn’t reflective of what most people would want. Can someone help me figure out what to say here?

    1. Why don’t you page Pure Imagination? Whatever she says always seems to hit you just right.

      1. But she doesn’t know how to respond to the venting, so it might not be a safe space.

        1. Maybe just say “if you need to decompress, I can lend an ear” — As a black woman who has been venting a lot, I don’t actually need feedback or advice, I just need to talk out a lot of my feelings. It’s been helpful when people JUST LISTEN.

          1. Right, but she’s not prepared to listen. She got a response and can’t deal.

      1. Not OP but what is weird or unusual about this syntax? It’s 5 sentences with normal spelling and grammar and no weird punctuation or expressions. I don’t see how you could possible know this person’s identity.

        1. The OP keeps trying to “out” anonymous posters, claiming to be able to identify them “by syntax.” If you think it’s really strange, yes, I agree.

  6. Estella (baby items) is donating a portion of June sales to the NAACP. They sent me an email with a picture of the partners who own the shop — I guess to demonstrate that one of them is black.

  8. I ordered a copy of White Fragility from Pyramid Books. Looks from their website that in normal, non-quarantine times, they have a lively store and lots of community programs:

    pyramidbooks.indielite.org

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