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Monday, March 9, 2020, was absolutely nuts in the stock market. Instead of celebrating the 11th anniversary of the longest bull market in history, most of us we're freaking out over the trifecta of Coronavirus, the massive drop in oil prices and the overall panic in the stock market due to high levels of corporate debt, a flight to safer assets like U.S. treasuries, which is tanking their yield and uncertainty about where the global economy is headed. (Most signs point downward.)

All this and it's an election year? This is crazy, but what does it mean?

My biggest concern is that it will lead to an all-out class warfare. Think of all the Americans who don't have the privilege of working from home, have paid sick leave or sick leave in general. Little to no health insurance probably won't cover care if you get sick or even need to get tested for the Coronavirus. Think of all of the gig workers who may be at the greatest risk of exposure (health-wise and economically). If everyone banded together, things could get wild in America as people fight for some basic rights and protections.

2020 has already been shaping up to be a wild year as a self-identifying QWoC (Queer Woman of Color). A few reason why include:

– As a queer person, the Supreme Court is slated to hear some major cases this summer about whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act includes protection for LGBTQ people.

– As a woman, there was some justice in the Harvey Weinstein case! But I started to really question how the #MeToo movement leaves out women of color and poor women.

– As a person of color, I keep holding out hope that simply being Black in America will no longer be a reason for my blood pressure to rise each time I step foot out of my apartment.

If the economic events of March 9 continue on, the market will continue to sink — and that's when things will get dicey for small businesses; hell, for big businesses too.

Trying not to be alarmist, but trying to keep things real. We need to think about the kind of leadership we want in crisis, especially during this election year.