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In Cleveland, This Entrepreneur Sums Up Many Black Business Owners’ Experiences During the Pandemic
Jun 16, 2021
As the pandemic raged during the early months of 2020, Black business ownership across the U.S. plunged more than 40 percent, the largest drop across any U.S. demographic group, according to the U.S. House Committee on Small Business. Among the many impacts that disproportionately affected small businesses, Black business owners were less likely equipped with the tools needed to cope with mandated closures, largely due to the lack of access to such financial relief as emergency loans that otherwise could have given them a financial lifeline.
Wisconsin entrepreneur Steven Olikara June 1 announced an exploratory committee, his first step in a possible 2022 U.S. Senate bid.
The Indian American did not state his party affiliation in the press release announcing his exploratory bid, nor does he state it on his Web site. But in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Olikara said he would run as a Democrat.
âWhile the politicians have the food fight at the top, the people at the bottom are stuck,â Olikara said in a press statement. âThatâs why Iâm calling on all Wisconsinites to join us in a movement to elevate a more inclusive, compassionate and honest form of politics.â