[DoodleBob]

This is an interesting opinion piece insofar as it lays our in very compelling terms how "essential" businesses are, why shutting them down is disasterous, and how Trump could be viewed positively for the "personal bailout" money. Two months later, Mr Solomon's words almost sound like they are coming out of a Republican's mouth (if you strip away the overdone white privilidege repetition). I wonder if Mr. Solomon is against Wolf's continued lockdown - based on these words, he should be.

[DoodleBob]

Possible Philly ping and PA ping.

[lightman]

You don’t need a haircut to live, but to the barber who feeds his family one trim at a time, that business is essential. You can survive without new sneakers, but to the single mother who is a salesperson at a sneaker store, each new pair of kicks is a bottle of milk for her baby. In short, every restaurant, every storefront, every underground example of entrepreneurship is essential to the economic well-being of Philadelphia’s black and brown neighborhoods.

BINGO

Take out the Philly reference (and the race-baiting) and that describes every community in the Commonwealth.

[Inyo-Mono]

Bookmark.

[TigersEye]

IOWs all jobs are essential. Very few people have jobs just for kicks and giggles.

[metmom]

Well, all those black and brown folks need to consider this when they pull the lever in Nov.

It’s the dems that are shutting them down and hurting them the most.

They were doing much better under Trump just before the virus hit.

[alexander_busek]

I don't understand: What REMEDY is the author proposing to counteract the (alleged) incommensurate burden to Black entrepreneurs (and their Black employees) caused by Corona virus measures?

Without his saying it outright, I suspect the answer is: More taxpayer dollars earmarked along racial lines!

Regards,

[Nifster]

Not almost. It is conservative. The corruptocrats have done this time and again to minority ( mostly black) business owners through taxes and regulations. They destroy the building if a middle class and keep people under the govt thumb and dependent

This entire shut down is a joke. Trump had better get busy opening up everything or else there won’t be anything left to build

[proud American in Canada]

Manipulating taxpayer dollars for his own political benefit?

That being said, it may be true that Black and Hispanic communities are affected more, but I’m not sure. Maybe because I’m white, but I do believe that there are just a few people, a few white people, who are also losing their businesses. I just hate how this country cannot stop dividing everything, every issue, into race.