Bookstores in florida called books and books. Has coronavirus affected your business . Guest yes, unfortunately it has. We have been holding on as long as we could but it looks like starting tomorrow we will be closing down all six stores in the area, trying to remove our sales online and encourage people to buy at our website. This is happening i believe across the country with independent bookstores everywhere. Like normally happens, the bookstores are representative of what is happening with Small Business. There are many thousands upon thousands of Small Business people suffering the same way we are. Host are you doing this because florida has mandated it or are you seeing such a drop in foot traffic and sales . Guest there are a couple reasons. One, at this point, with the mandates that have come through and guidance from the cdc about people not gathering in places where there are more than a few people we feel it is our responsibility to heal those warnings. Ironically the thing
So that when i go into the second paragraph where im like what if we took this identity apart, those people would not sort of, have a different history or body. But it would be a different relationship to identity. I think as a consequence, we have a more humane relationship to each other. When i got leader into the first paragraph when im saying an individual can be a heaven. Certainly, both someone who was raised by a white man or as someone who thinks of so many figures like, take for example, john brown. Who i think are some of the most precious people in the world. Its important to me to not have a formulation that removes them. So thats what i was thinking. One more question before we move on to some of your other books. Mothering black boys in america is a special calling. Yeah. Its a sentence my mother said to me. I think about it in a number of different ways. People talk about, in some ways that are difficult and maybe not a really hopeful about the challenges that black boys
Mr. Kaplan, as coronavirus affected your business . Yes, peter. Unfortunately, it has. Weve been holding on as long as we could but it looks like starting tomorrow we will be closing down all six stores that we have in the miami area and trying to move our sales online and encourage people to buy at our website. This is happening, i believe, across the country with independent bookstores everywhere. And like normally happens in the bookstores we are very representative of whats happening with Small Businesses. There are many, many thousands of found thousands of Small Business people who are suffering the same way we are. Mr. Kaplan, are you doing this because the state of florida has mandated it or because youve seen such a drop in foot traffic and sales that its a necessity . Well, couple of reasons while we are doing it. One is that at this point with the mandates that have come through and the guidance from the cdc about people not gathering in places where there are more than just
Matter. How does seem to bring you the need current. That matter to. Aljazeera. Ok and join the stream today a new novel about a mexican families migration to the u. S. Well look at why the book is striking a nerve with american latinos online ringback. We are journalists covering organized crime and Drug Trafficking and you are in. The book is called america and it tells the story of a middle class mexican woman and her 8 year old son who are suddenly forced to flee for their lives and seek refuge across the u. S. Border. Although mused. Heard immigration. And this story really opened my heart and changed the way i will see migrants. Oprah loves the book it has earned a coveted spot in the Oprah Winfrey book club and donna praised by the authors john grisham and stephen king as well as Mexican American authors Sandra Cisneros and Erika Sanchez the novel which is it was written by an author who is neither mexican nor a migrant is now the center of a debate over who gets to tell stories
Government joins forces with retailers to try to prevent panic buying from Grocery Stores as the nation is effectively on lockdown to slow the spread of the virus. Jobs lost supermarkets shot flights grounded economies around the world of badly hit by the pandemic and trying to prevent a total financial collapse. Acts of kindness well take a look at how volunteers are helping people cope during the outbreak. Almost 1000000000 people are not confined to their homes around the world as the coronavirus pandemic tightens its grip that have now been 12000 confirmed killed globally and its italy which continues to bear the heaviest burden its death toll has jumped by nearly 800. 00 a record for a single day most were in the Northern Region of lumber deal with the armies transporting victims out of the hardest hit areas a cemeteries are overloaded and National Death toll is now approaching 5000 meanwhile in the u. S. New jersey has followed 4 other states and told people to stay home close to