Black-Owned Restaurants Get Free Creative Services With New Directory
An army of volunteers are helping level the playing field with the online site Spicy Green Book
Illustration: Bill Rebholz
Before the summer, Danilo Batson had no direct connection to political activism. He worked as an events space bartender and server at places such as the Staples Center in Los Angeles and was a few months away from getting his license to practice nursing.
But after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, people in his predominantly White neighborhood gravitated to him as a source of information on how they could channel their outrage and help support Black-owned businesses. “Orange County is 74% White,” Batson says. “There aren’t that many Black people they could ask, and I like to think I’m open and expressive.”