Jazzmyn Sims

7575 East Saint Charles, RD

February 7, 2019

Dear Ms. Pozel,

My topic is about minorities and spending money per year. I chose this topic because I found

this shocking. I thought it would be interesting to investigate the reasoning behind this statistic.

My research question is What are we (African Americans) spending our money on to

where we are spending 1.2 Trillion dollars annually? I would like to know what we are spending

our money on to where we are spending 1.2 Trillion dollars on. Is what we are spending our

money on, bettering our future? Investments? Housing? Our own businesses? Or are we

spending our money on Shoes? Cars? Name brand clothing? Accessories? I wonder if we are

spending more money on things that will benefit us in the future, or more on materialist things.

So, I’m really not trying to prove anything, but I would like to see something positive, something

I could brag about such as high or increasing rates in spending for a go cause.

Black Impact Consumer Categories Where African Americans Move Markets (Published

by Nielsen.com) is an article that talks about what African Americans spend their money on. This

was published February 15th, 2018. Nielsen reports puts Black Buying Power At 1.2 Trillion

(Published by Fortune.com) was written by Ellen McGirt on February 28th, 2018 does a review

of Nielsen’s original article, which could make Nielsen credible and reliable.

I understand that plagiarism is cheating, stealing property, and academic theft. I’m not

sure how I would like to present this but I plan to incorporate my artwork. As soon as think of
how I’m going to go about this, I will start working on it. By the beginning of March, I plan to

already have started my project.

Sincerely,

Jazzmyn Sims