>As I understand it, the real subtext is that they think these kinds of stores attract undesirables and criminals, and would prefer not to have them. A lot of them are centers of illegal activity, where people can get drugs and bootleg cigarettes, and launder money.
You’ve just described every black area of Philly.
The stores are being targeted because they’re run by Asians instead of blacks, which racist blacks hate.
“would prefer not to have them”
My friend used to live on Capitol Hill in DC.
The thing that most upset the locals was the discarded alcoholic beverage containers.
The neighbors kept track of license renewal times and the store operators were told to pick up the discards in the store vicinities.
When I went to college in Baltimore, the local alcohol problem was obvious. Recent visits seem to indicate efforts have been made to hide it. The new city problem seems to be vacant housing units in West Baltimore.
Please identify the basis for that hatred.