Despite The City Being Majority Black, There Were No Black-Owned Businesses Included In NY Times’ Detroit Lions Boost Report

Essence Magazine:

By Jasmine Browley ·Updated January 29, 2024

The New York Times (NYT) recently released a report highlighting Detroit local businesses’ economic impact of the Lions playoff run leading to the NFL Super Bowl. The problem is, there were no Black-owned business included despite the city bring majority Black.

Phil Lewis, a trusted social media figure and reporter for the Huffington Post, called out the newspaper’s omission of any Black owned businesses in the report

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