The boycott generally centers on tourism but, at present, it is difficult to measure the effect on white-owned businesses or activities such as concerts or sports events. The Neville Brothers appeared in the state while singer Gerald Levert says he won't perform until the flag comes down. A few months ago, the New York Knicks moved their training camp from Charleston. The NCAA has indicated that it is willing to go along. The boycott has had an immediately adverse affect on blacks.
Many black families come into the state for reunions.
Hotel owners whose client base is predominately black feel the immediate pain of the tourist boycott. If the boycott dramatically affects convention business, that hurts black workers disproportionately. They see the flag as symbolic of the economic disparities and regressive racial attitudes that have persist in the state to this day. The South Carolina business community, black and white, wants the flag down because the boycott and accompanying negative publicity is costing them money. Yet, many white businessmen express an inbred sympathy for flag supporters.