I m paying the bills for both barber shops and plus our home bills, Seleaina said.
Many black business owners are being especially impacted by the pandemic, according to Pepi Jackson, the president and CEO of the Riverside County Black Chamber of Commerce. Anytime you have a national emergency generally the African American community and the minority community is going to be disproportionately affected, Jackson said.
That s because many Black businesses are in retail restaurants and barber shops, industries hard hit by COVID-19 shutdowns, he said.
They often cater specifically to black communities, he added. Minority businesses are inclined to be more accessible to other monitories simply because of the neighborhood that they open up in, he said.
Talk to the husband and wife owners of the Barber Palace and C’s Cuts and Creations and they’ll tell you how devastating the pandemic has been on them..
Talk to the husband and wife owners of the Barber Palace and C’s Cuts and Creations and they’ll tell you how devastating the pandemic has been on them..