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Twitter Facebook  San Francisco Black boycott  January 2, 2014
by Frederick Jordan, P.E.  Boycott, strike, work stoppage,
protests and the like are normally bad words and no one wants to
endure such strife, even the purveyors of such physical
protests. Protesting is often an early step to objecting to
unfair or inequitable treatment by a corporation or government
agency.  Frederick E. Jordan, P.E Frederick E. Jordan, P.E. It
was no surprise to some when a few years back, the federal
government released a report that cited the African American
community of San Francisco as the most banking predatory
community in the United States. To others, it was unbelievable,
considering that San Francisco is the banking capital of the
Western United States. The banks were so bad that the San
Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce (SFAACC) had
status to file with the U.S. Federal Reserve to block three bank
mergers.  Tourism is the No. 1 industry in Sa