NEW YORK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- During most economic downturns, including the Great Recession and the current COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Black communities are disproportionately impacted, with their households spending more of post-tax income on necessities like food and energy, reported NBC on Sunday.
"The rent has increased so much that people don't have a place to live," Elizabeth Omilami, chief executive of a Black-owned nonprofit in Atlanta, was quoted as saying. "And the rise in food prices has caused our numbers of people asking for emergency food to almost triple."