Cheraé Robinson, one of the investors of Babel Loft, said she’s noticed an increased desire for Black business ownership in recent years.

“More people are also just understanding the importance of us making those strategic decisions to spend our dollars in our community and to do that as often as possible,” Robinson told The Times. “We’re going beyond, ‘I want a Black doctor, I want a Black dentist.’ Now, ‘I want a Black acupuncturist, I want to go to a Black wine shop, I want to go to a Black-owned yoga studio.'”

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