On this week's podcast, 2019 FWBNC ChefKwame talks with kittenwithawhip about restaurant recovery and representing inaudible people. FWPro
, what he is doing to stay afloat, and why communities of color are being so disproportionately affected by this pandemic.I have a rollercoaster of emotions right now, and I try to stay positive throughout it all. I'm worried about my team, worried about the industry. Some days are better than others.
It's the number of cases, and the number of fatalities within those cases. For me, it equates to incarceration levels. There's a lower population of African Americans, but a higher population of them in prison. There's a lower population of African Americans or minorities, but there's a higher population of them dying. I think in Chicago, I think it's 70% of all the deaths have been African American, or minority.
Right now we're just trying to focus on making sure the restaurants open up. There are definitely things within that we're trying to include for the longevity of restaurants and restructuring the business model and making it more livable. Part of that comes with changing the perspective of the restaurant industry and making it OK to charge a little more for something so that the workers get what they deserve. We are overtaxed and over-regulated by people who don't run our business.
When this money comes down and restaurants reopen or rebuild, what do we need to do to ensure that communities of color are given a fair slice of the pie? Historically, it's been really, really hard for immigrants, women, people of color to get money to open restaurants.
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