Local minority, immigrant business owners find road to recovery riddled with obstacles

Disproportionate impact. Less access to loans and other financing. Higher rates of illness and fatal cases of Covid-19. Mecklenburg County, in line with national trends, sees greater inequities and disparities among minorities and immigrants — in general and in business. Those problems explain, in part, why Cathay Dawkins, head of the Black Business Owners of Charlotte, offers a flurry of thoughts when asked what additional pressures Black-owned companies confront and how best to help them. Dawkins…

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