Georgia’s governor wants businesses to reopen today. Black leaders say that’s dangerous.
Distinctive Kutz is a black barbershop in suburban Atlanta where men gather to argue about sports and tell lies about their skill with women.
It's the kind of throwback shop where a candy-cane colored barber pole sits out front, posters of President Obama and Tupac adorn the walls and customers play checkers and dominoes.The coronavirus pandemic has shut down the business and its raucous conversations, but Mitch Magee, its co-owner, still has some things to say. Magee believes Georgia Gov.
Atlanta mayor: I'm at a loss by governor's decision to reopen 03:09The Rev. Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, went even further.In a Facebook Live video, he said it was no coincidence that the decision to reopen some state businesses came soon after many blacks received federal stimulus checks. Read more from John Blake:
"They understand diabolically that African Americans are prone to do spending," Bryant said."To stimulate the income, they gotta make 'negroes' spend money, and they're banking on us not spending it with ourselves."Bryant pointed out that many blacks like to gather in places like barbershops and beauty salons.
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