Thousands of employees have lost their jobs in recent days because of the pandemic.
Other small-business owners weren't sure whether they should close their doors and start letting workers go.
There was much less food to prepare, so only half of Park’s eight workers were called into work. With nearby hotels expected to shut down, she expects ever fewer customers.Sign up for The Daily Money now Park is hoping the city will help small businesses like hers and Congress will step up with aid. The last time the cafe suffered was when the“This time, I'm not sure,’’ she said. “I don't know because nobody knows.”Experts said it’s unclear how many jobs will be lost because of the outbreak. But many who have already lost their jobs and who could lose their jobs soon include service workers and other jobs that are disproportionately done by people of color, they said.
According to the CAP report, 16% of Latino workers and 20% of black workers are able to work from home, compared with 30% of white workers. “People of color were not sitting in the best economic situation to begin with and this pandemic is only going to exacerbate that problem,’’ she said. Communities of color were particularly hard-hit during the 2008 recession, and some are still struggling from that, said Shaomeng Jia, an economics professor at Alabama State University.
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